The woman worked at a private clinic in Telangana's Mahabubabad town. (Representational)

A man in Telangana slit his wife's throat at a private clinic where she worked as a nurse, the police has said.

The incident took place in Mahabubabad town on Tuesday.

Police said that the man and his wife were living separately since two months. The woman had accused her husband of mental and physical harassment.

"The accused, B Sevalalwent, went to the clinic where she used to work as a nurse. He fled after committing the crime," Superintendent of Police Koti Reddy said.

Police have sent the woman's body for autopsy.

