Police arrested Raj Narayan Yadav, 38, on the night of June 15 for the charge of killing his 36-year-old wife Ruby Yadav of Chhireswarnath Municipality-5 Mahendranagar.
The police team from Mahendranagar and Dhalkebar arrested Yadav after it came to light that he killed his wife and dumped her in a ditch next to Auarhi river, near Baba temple in Mithila Municipality-5.
DSP Ranjan Awa of District Police Office Dhanusha informed that the body was taken to the Provincial Hospital Janakpurdham on 16 June for post-mortem.