A woman was allegedly killed by her husband in front of her five-year-old daughter at Basuaghai under the Saheed Nagar police station in Bhubaneswar on Friday night.
Police detained the accused Soubhagya Ranjan Dash, who works as an ambulance driver.
Soubhagya had married his second wife Lilly in 2018 and the couple was staying in Basuaghai. His father was also staying with them in the house.
The accused first attacked his father over some family feud. When the elderly man managed to escape, Lilly became the victim of her husband’s anger. The accused thrashed her killing her on the spot.
What was more disturbing is that the entire crime took place in front of the little girl.
On receiving information, police reached the spot and detained the accused, besides initiating a probe into the incident.
Meanwhile, Soubhagya’s father claimed that the accused is mentally unstable.