Zhanna Nurzhanova said to be angry her partner complimented another woman. She is accused of drugging him with sleeping pills before chopping off his penis. Beauty salon worker said to have injected him with anaesthetic before cutting.
A jealous girlfriend has allegedly cut off her boyfriend's penis after finding out he had complimented another woman's looks.
Zhanna Nurzhanova, 36, was said to be furious that her boyfriend had sent his sister pictures of another woman on his phone.
The man, whose name has not been released, made a complimentary comment about the appearance of the woman, who is described as an acquaintance.
Nurzhanova is accused of secretly giving her boyfriend a sleeping pill and waiting for him to pass out at their home in the city of Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.
The accused woman, who works at a beauty salon, then allegedly injected him with a local anaesthetic and cut off his penis.
Nurzhanova is said to have driven him to a local hospital for treatment, where doctors called police and she was arrested.