A woman allegedly killed her husband at Siljoda village under the Bamebari police station in Joda block of Keonjhar district on Thursday night.
The deceased was identified as Dayal Munda.
Dayal, who was suspecting his wife of having an extramarital affair, confronted her, following which a bitter quarrel ensued between the two. Later, it took an violent turn as Mukat in a fit of rage hit her husband with a stick killing him on the spot.
On being informed by villagers about the incident on Friday morning, police reached the spot, recovered the body for postmortem and started an investigation.