The Soro police in Baleswar district on Saturday arrested a man and forwarded him to court on the charge of murdering his wife. The accused was identified as Bishu Singh.
According to reports, police began investigation after an unidentified dead body of woman was found under heaps of paddy straw at village Betagadia under Mantri GP on December 29 morning .
Later, she was identified as Sabita Singh. During investigation, police ascertained about her husband’s hand in the murder. In sustained interrogation, the accused confessed that he had mixed pesticide in the Sabita’s dring following which she died..The motive behind the murder was due to marital disharmony between the couple.
Sabita after death of her previous husband got married to accused Bishu. But their relation got strained when Bishu married another woman, police said.