A woman was found dead with her throat slit at Nuapokhari village under the Bhandaripokhari police station in Bhadrak district on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Radharani Mohanty (27). Surprisingly, the deceased’s husband Narayan Mohanty (36) has gone missing. The couple had married six years ago and has a four-year-old daughter. Locals spotted the woman lying dead near a bush in the locality in the morning and informed police.
The cops have sent the body for postmortem and started an investigation into the incident.
The motive behind the crime was yet to be ascertained.However, Radharani’s brother alleged that his sister was killed by Narayan, who was having an extramarital affair with his aunt which was being opposed by the deceased.