MALKANGIRI: Malkangiri Sadar police (Korukonda) on Tuesday arrested a man for allegedly killing his wife with the help of two contract killers on April 27.
According to police, the accused Biplab Mondal (27), a native of MV-53 village under Korukonda limits was married to Rinku Mondal seven years back and had a son, aged five years. Biplab and his parents were allegedly torturing Rinku suspecting her to be of loose character. She had applied for divorce and was staying separately, Malkangiri IIC Rigan Kindo informed.
Suspecting Rinku to earn her livelihood by prostitution, Biplab wanted to eliminate her. He contacted two contract killers Jayant Mallick (24) of MV-26 and Dillip Sil (24) of MV-10 village and promised to pay them Rs 50,000 to kill Rinku.
Biplab met both Jayant and Dillip in Malkangiri on April 27 and paid an advance of Rs 10,000. On the fateful day, Jayant called up Rinku and asked her to reach Balimela chowk from where he took her to Sikhpally and then to Singrajkuntha forest on his motorcycle.
Soon, Biplab and Dillip reached the spot and killed Rinku with an axe.
Kindo said it was only after the uncle of the deceased filed a complaint on April 28 that a case was registered and investigation began leading to the arrest of all the three accused. They have been produced in the court, he added.