Drunk man hacks wife to death, held

Koraput (odisha): In a gruesome incident in Koraput district, a drunk man hacked his wife to death while she was sleeping on Saturday night, reports said on Sunday. The police seized the body and arrested the accused.

The incident was reported from Adinagar village of Champi panchayat under Lakhmipur block in the district.

According to reports, Dasari Kaleka and his wife Utme Kaleka were sleeping at night after finishing their work. The couple’s daughter, who was sleeping with her mother, found her lying in a pool of blood while her father was standing there with a hatchet. After hearing cries of children, locals reached the home and fastened the legs of Dasari with rope.

Later, they informed the police.