A woman was allegedly hacked to death by her drunk husband at Palasbadha village under the Morada police station in Mayurbhanj district on late Thursday night.
The accused was identified as Shiva Prasad Mahanta (52). The family members of the accused Shiv said that his behaviour was abnormal for the last few days and most of the time he was dunk. According to reports, Shiv’s son Basant saw him attacking her mother Manjadori (45) with an axe, following which she died on the spot.
Later, getting information from the locals, police reached the spot and initiated a probe. They sent the body for postmortem and arrested the accused.