(GUNTUR DISTRICT): In a horrific incident, a 24-year-old woman brutally murdered her husband in his sleep by bashing his skull with a grinding stone at their residence in Sirangipalem village under Phirangipuram mandal in

on Friday night. After killing him, she chopped off his private parts.

The deceased was identified as Chukka Ratna Babu, 26, a businessman. According to Phirangipuram police, the incident happened around 1am. The wife Swarna Latha couldn't sleep after a heated argument with Babu that night and killed him in his sleep by hitting him with a grinding stone and later shockingly chopped his private parts.

Upon receiving information about the incident on Saturday morning, cops inspected the crime scene and found severe injuries around Babu's private parts.

The woman was later arrested after Babu's family lodged a complaint. Cops said that Latha and Babu had been married for the past five years and have two children. Babu always used to reprimand Latha for her 'rude' behavior. They ended up having a heated

last night after which the woman allegedly murdered him. Cops sent Babu's body for post-mortem at a local government hospital while a case under Section 302 of IPC (murder) was registered against Latha.

The accused was presented before the district court for judicial remand. Further investigation is still on.