Juice vendor kills wife over suspected infidelity in Odisha’s Kalimela

MALKANGIRI: A 39-year-old sugarcane juice vendor allegedly killed his wife by slitting her throat over suspected infidelity in MV-66 village under Kalimela police limits late on Friday. He then turned himself over to the police.

Police said Nitin Biswas reportedly killed his wife Shruti (28) using a chopper while she was asleep. Following the incident, he walked into Kalimela police station and confessed to the crime.

The couple’s three children, a four-year-old boy and two girls aged two years and 18 months, along with Nitin’s mother were in the same house but unaware of the incident as they were asleep.