Udaipur (Rajasthjan): A 60-year-old man axed his wife to death following a heated argument with her over his dancing with another woman in a marriage party, police said on Sunday.
The accused Kashuram had gone to attend a marriage ceremony at his neighbour's house in Udaipur on Friday with his wife Bhikali, 50.
During the function, he danced with another woman, upsetting his wife, as the couple returned home, a heated argument broke out between the two following which the man attacked his wife with an axe in a fit of rage and ended up killing her, the police said.
The murder was reported by the slain woman's stepson on Saturday, following which the police recovered the body and sent it for post-mortem. However, a case of murder has been registered at Panwara police station.
Meanwhile, the police handed the body to relatives after post-mortem and arrested Kashuram on Sunday.
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