Police have arrested Mutki Patel, 39, of Kalikamai Rural Municipality-5 on charge of killing his wife Sangita Devi Patel, 35, by striking sharp weapon on 17 August.
The accused is alleged of killing his wife on evening of 16 August by striking share weapon ‘Gadasi’.
The body of Sangita Devi has been kept at Narayani Hospital, Birgunj for post mortem. The accused Mukti patel was arrested with the help of local people said the ward chairperson Pawan Tiwari.
Accused Mukti had bought his wife Sangita Devi home from her maternal home at Haripur on 16 August and asked to worship and perform puja at Pipal tree at their village, and later killed her on the same evening.