In what seems an act of murder in cold blood, Him Bahadur Nepali of Kailali’s Bhajani Trishakti Municipality has been nabbed by police on charge of killing his spouse.

According to the District Police Office in Kailali, Nepali slit the throat of his 17-year-old wife Aarti Nepali.  The culprit took his wife to a nearby jungle and used a knife to slit her throat and later stabbed her leaving her dead.

Nepali confessed that he took Aarti to the jungle and stabbed her in the stomach while pretending to hug her before slitting her throat open.

Police’s primary investigation suggests that a dispute between the couple led to the cold blooded murder. The couple got married last year after a successful love affair.

After killing his wife, the culprit spread rumours around the village that he and his wife were attacked by a stranger killing his wife.