Sankhuwasabha, Dec. 14 -- Police in Sankhuwasabha apprehended a 49-year-old man on the charge of killing his wife and burying her body in Madi Municipality.

The suspect, Prem Dorchi Sherpa of Madi Municipality-3, has been taken into custody and remanded for investigation on a charge of murder.

Deputy Superintendent of police Kumar Prasad Mainali said that the incident occurred on the night of November 25 at around 10.30 pm while Sherpa and his 37-year-old wife, Meena Sherpa, were returning home from Okharbote Bazaar. The couple reportedly had a dispute over a minor issue, which escalated into a physical assault, resulting in the woman's death.

He said that the suspect admitted to burying the body the same night in his cardamom field in...