A 30-year-old man was nabbed for killing his wife at Amoni village under Ratibad police station area on Tuesday; frustrated over a petty issue the deceased was killed by a sharp-edged weapon by her husband.
According to the police, the deceased Ramvati was attacked with an axe by her husband Kailashnath Sapera late in the evening on Tuesday. After the deceased got injured she was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead.
In the initial investigation police found that the accused returned home in an inebriated state and started to fight with the decease who was looking after the children and infuriated with the delay in providing food to him accused took an axe and attacked the victim in which she sustained injuries in her head. The children started crying and hearing the cries of the children neighbours rushed to their rescue but accused managed to escape.
Police said that the accused is a habitual drinker and used to fight with his wife. On the day of incidence as the deceased was not able to provide food quickly she was attacked and killed by the accused. At the time of the incident accused was heavily drunk.
After the incident accused was arrested by the police. The body was sent for the post mortem after preliminary investigation. The police have registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and have started further investigation. The accused used to work as a labour and had three children from the marriage.