Police have arrested 46-year-old Om Prasad Adhikari on the charge of killing his 30-year-old wife Ranjana Gautam of Shivalaya Toll, Shivasatakshi Municipality-7. Police arrested the accused on 20 August for the charge of killing his wife during a domestic dispute on the same day.
DSP Krishna Kumar Chand of the District Police Office said that the accused was arrested for investigation following the incident. It’s reported that the accused fatally hit his wife with a nepalese machete during a domestic dispute.
The post-mortem of the body is scheduled to be done on August 21 at Mechi Provincial Hospital, Bhadrapur.