Police on Tuesday arrested a youth on charges of strangulating his wife to death in Uparaginia village under the Mahulapada police station in Sundargarh district.While confessing the crime during interrogation, the accused Nepala Munda (32) told the police that he buried the dead body of his wife, Sambari Munda in a nearby forest after killing her over a family feud.
Following this, in presence of Magistrate and forensic team, police exhumed the decomposed dead body and sent it for pos mortem.
Family members of the deceased said around one month ago Nepala married Sambari from the same village. He took Sambari to a nullah in the nearby forest four days ago and strangulated her to death. Nepala then buried the dead body in the forest.
When Sambari went missing and remained untraceable, her father, Birsa Munda and brother, Damu Munda lodged a complaint at the Mahulapada police station. During the course of investigation, police questioned Nepala, who accepted committing the murder.