A man smothered his wife to death at Mahalik Sahi village under the Soro police station in Baleswar district on Tuesday.
As per reports, Karunakar Mahalik of the village had a dispute with her wife Minati, following which he smothered her with a pillow and later hanged the body from a ceiling fan. He was reportedly in an inebriated state while committing the crime.
Villagers managed to catch hold of Mahalik when he tried to flee from the spot and tied him to an electric pole. Being informed, police reached the village and detained the accused.