In a shocking incident, a man beat his wife to death suspecting her character after 20 years of marriage in Sairi village under the Balanga police station in Puri district on Thursday night.
The deceased was identified as Sulochana Parida and the ‘killer’ husband, Sudarsan Parida (40), has been arrested.
According to reports, Sudarsan returned from watching an opera drama late in the night and quarreled with Sulochana. During the quarrel, he beat her with a stick severely. Sulochana died on the spot. He then carried the body to a paddy field and covered a cloth on it.
On Friday morning, some villagers found the body in the paddy field and informed the police. Pipili SDPO Dillip Tripathy, Balanga PS IIC Susanta Kumar Sahoo rushed to the spot and recovered the body. They arrested Sudarsan from his house.
Sudarsan has reportedly conceded to police that he killed wife Sulochana as she had sexual relation with another person of his village. However, villagers have denied the allegation.
Sulochana’s brother Purna Chandra Jena alleged that Sudarsan had been torturing for the last 20 years since marriage and finally he killed her on Thursday. He too alleged that all family members of Sudarsan are involved in the crime. Sudarsan has three daughters and a son.