Police arrested Sudeep Kumar Rai, 24, of Phedi VDC-4 on February 13 on the charge of killing his wife. SI Yadav Gautam said that Rai had beaten his wife to death following a dispute on January 16. The incident occurred when Rai, who had been abroad for work, learnt that his wife had a paramour and was 5-month pregnant. Police said Rai was arrested after the locals complained that she had not committed suicide as Rai had claimed. The postmortem of the body was conducted at District Hospital, Diktel on January 19.