A woman of Sipapokhare7 has been killed by her husband on March 17 morning.

Sudip Bhattarai, 23, killed his wife Sharmila Bhattarai, 22, by hitting her with a hot iron rod in her neck. Sudip hanged her after killing her. Sharmila had given birth to a son three months ago.

Police have arrested Sudip, his brother Udip and mother Devi on March 17. They are being held in the custody of the District Police Office (DPO). Body of the deceased has been sent the Melamchi Primary Health Centre for post-mortem.

Inspector Sujan Rajbhandari of the DPO said that Sudip had admitted killing his wife during interrogation. Quoting Sudip, Rajbhandai said that he killed her in rage after she returned home only on March 5 after giving birth to the son.

Brother of the deceased, Kumar Ghorasaini filed a case at the DPO on March 18.