Police has arrested Khodas Giri, 65, from his residence on 6 January for the charge of murdering his wife Loka Devi Giri, 60, of Mallarani rural municipality- 3.
Loka Devi was out of contact from 26 December and her dead body was found buried at Kharabari on 5 January. Her family had filed a complaint against the accused at the District Police Office said DSP Narendra Kumar Karki. He added that further investigation is ongoing for the case.
The body’s postmortem was conducted on 7 January at the District Hospital Bijubar.