Police have arrested 26 years old Gir Bahadur Sarki on February 19 on charge of beating his wife Bageshwori Sarki, 23 of Pyuthan Municipality-1 to death.
The accused was arrested while he was on the run after killing his wife on February 18 according to DSP Rajendra Pokhrel of DPO.
The victim’s relatives have lodged complaint at DPO against the accused on February 19 and the postmortem of the body was conducted at District Hospital Bijuwar according to police.