Police have arrested 46-year-old Veer Bahadur Chauhan on charges of killing his 37-year-old wife, Muna Chauhan, in Arjun Dhara Municipality-3, Darjeeling.
The in-laws informed the police that the accused killed his wife with a khukuri during a domestic dispute. According to DSP Krishna Kumar Chand from the District Police Office, the initial investigation revealed that the accused attacked his wife with a khukuri following a disagreement between the couple when they were at the in-laws’ house.
After the incident, the accused was arrested while hiding in the jungle at Jukekhadi in Arjun Dhara Municipality-3.
The body is scheduled to be sent for post-mortem on October 15 at Mechi Provincial Hospital, Bhadrapur.