Sambalpur: A man was detained by the police in Odisha’s Sambalpur district on Monday for allegedly killing his wife for not cooking rice, police said.
The incident took place in Navadhi village of Jamankera police station area on Sunday night.
The accused has been identified as 40-year-old Sanatan Dharwa, while his wife has been identified as 35-year-old Pushpa Dharwa.
Sanatan and his Pushpa have a daughter and a son. Their daughter works as a domestic worker in Kochenda while the son went to his friend’s house to sleep on Sunday night.
When Sanatan returned home, he found that Pushpa had cooked only curry and not rice. This led to an argument between them, during which he attacked and killed his wife, a police officer said.
The matter came to light when the dead woman’s son returned home and found his mother dead. She informed the police who seized the body and took the husband into custody.
Jamankera police station in-charge inspector Premjit Das said that a post-mortem was conducted on Monday and the accused husband has been taken into custody.
