Mayurbhanj: A man was arrested for allegedly stoning his wife to death over a family dispute at Mankadapal village under Baripada police limits in Mayurbhanj on Thursday night.
The arrested has been identified as Gobind Nayak and the deceased as Phukana Nayak.
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According to sources, the couple had a heated argument, following which, Gobind hit her head with a stone. Phukana died on the spot.
On being informed by the neighbouers, Baripada police reached the spot and sent the body for postmortem.
