Laxmi Badaila, 21, colluded with her lover Dipak Khatri and murdered her husband Tej Bahadur Bista, 24, resident of Punarbas, Kanchanpur.

Laxmi called her husband Bista to her parental home in Olani, Kailali, and took him to Bhasubhir along the Bhimdutta Highway in Godawari Municipality, Kailali.

Badaila and Khatri thrashed Bista leaving him unconscious. The pair then threw Bista down the cliff.

Bista’s mother had filed a missing person complaint with the local police on Friday.

Superintendent of Police Binod Ghimire said officers arrested Badaila and Khatri and interrogated them.

He said Badaila confessed killing her husband with the connivance of her boyfriend Khatri. Police found Bista’s body on Tuesday.

Man beats wife to death

A 35-year-old man beat his wife to death at Bhimdutta Municipality-8 in Kanchanpur on Tuesday. Keshav Karki bludgeoned his wife Gita Karki, 27, to death with a spade, said police. Keshav was taken into police custody for investigation. (PR)