Bir Bahadur Kumal was arrested by the police on June 21 on the charges of murdering his 28-year-old wife Dhansara Kumal of Bheriganga Municipality-7, currently living in her parents' house in Bheriganga Municipality-3 was axed on the night of June 20. Inspector Jaya Singh Bista of Area Police Office, Chinchu said that the accused killed his wife by hitting her with an axe. She was living in her parents' house. The police during an investigation found that the accused, who was in India for foreign employment, killed his wife over a family dispute. The victim used to get life-threatening calls from the accused from time to time according to the relatives.