A man allegedly hacked his wife to death after an altercation between the two at Pangatira village under the Parjang police station in the district on Monday night.
According to reports, Lalit Sahu had married Mita Sahu two years ago after having a love affair with the woman. But a dispute was prevailing between the two over a particular issue.
Mita’s father had filed a police complaint against Lalit, for which the latter became furious. A heated altercation took between the two over the matter, which took a violent turn as Lalit lost his cool and hacked his wife to death with an axe.
Police have sent the body for postmortem and started investigation. Efforts were on to trace the accused, who is absconding after the incident.