ROURKELA: A 35-year-old woman was arrested on the charge of killing her husband and sent to Bonai sub-divisional jail on Wednesday evening.
She was identified as Saraswati Singh (35) of K Balang. After committing the crime, Saraswati reportedly told police that her husband, Suknath Singh (40), was killed by Maoists.
Police said Suknath was found dead near Badbalijod village within the Maoist-infested K Balang police limits along Odisha-Jharkhand border on December 12. To mislead police, Saraswati had claimed that some persons, whom she suspected to be Maoists, took her husband with them and later killed him.
K Balang OIC Bikash Ranjan Swain said during interrogation, the woman confessed to having killed her husband in a fit of rage. The accused told police that Suknath was an alcoholic and used to regularly torture her and their minor son.
Swain said after hacking Suknath to death with a sharp weapon, the woman wrapped his body in a blanket and carried it alone to a nearby place. She later disposed of the body near a nullah.