A 35-year-old man was arrested and forwarded to court by Sundargarh police on Friday allegedly for killing his wife’s paramour on Thursday. The accused was also attempting to kill his wife but she narrowly escaped.
Sources said Abhi Chatria(35) has been residing with his wife Sukanti and three sons at Kirei in Sundargarh. Abhi used to consume liquor regularly and quarrel with his wife. Abhi and Sukanti used to go to forest to collect wood. One Rohit Neti(40), a married person, resident of Semani village was also going to forest to collect wood. Sukanti’s had developed a relation with Rohit. When Abhi came to know about this, he began opposing. But Sukanti was undeterred.
On Thursday morning, Abhi and Sukanti had gone to nearby forest to collect wood. Rohit had also gone there. To take revenge on Rohit, Abhi had planned to kill him. After collecting wood, Abhi told Sukanti to go to house. When Sukanti was leaving for home, Abhi suddenly took an axe from Rohit’s hand and started attacking him. When Sukanti heard sound, she ran towards them and tried to save Rohit but in vain. Rohit was ked there. later, Abhi ran after Sukanti to kill her but the latter managed to flee.
Rohit’s brother lodged an FIR in Sadar police station. Police seized the body and arrested Abhi. On Friday morning, police forwarded him to court.