The mystery surrounding the death of a goldsmith in the district was solved as police on Thursday arrested the wife of the deceased for her alleged involvement in killing him.
Additional SP Harekrushna Pradhan said arrestee Aruna Patra had hatched a plan along with her male friend to kill her husband Mantu Patra.
On the fateful day, the woman poisoned Mantu’s food after which she and her male friend killed him by slitting his throat, Patra said.
The accused friend of the woman has gone underground and efforts are on to nab him, he said.
Notably, Mantu was found dead in his house at Minabazaar under the Town police station in the district on September 3.