A man of Sundargarh district was arrested and forwarded to court by police on Wednesday allegedly for killing his wife and later set her on fire on Tuesday. Police also conducted post mortem of the body of deceased on Wednesday and handed over her body to her family members.
According to sources, Lalit Majhi(35), a resident of Majhipada Tudalaga under Bargaon police station of Sundargarh district, had married to Tulasi Toppo(30), a resident of Jautujbahal under Bamra police station, ten years ago. The couple has a son of 9 years age and daughter of 7 years age. Lalit works as a crane operator. On Tuesday morning, Lalit had returned home after work. Both his children had gone to school. Tulsi was working in kitchen. Sources said, Lalit and Tulsi had war of words on some issue, following which Lalit in a fit of rage, picked an iron pipe and hit on the head of Tulsi.