Aizawl, April 8 -- A 40-year-old farmer from Assam has allegedly murdered his wife in a farm hut on the Mizoram-Assam border after the victim had reportedlyeloped with her lover, a senior police officer said on Monday.

The accusedKhalil Uddin Barbhuiya, who hails from Assam's Hailakandi district, allegedly slit the throat of her wifeHassan Begum Barbhuiya (35) with a machete (dao) inside their farm hut atZukbual paddy field (wet-rice cultivation) area nearBuhchangphaivillage in Kolasib district, close to the Assam border, he said.

The gruesome crime reportedly occurred on Friday when some children were playing near the farm hut, he said.

The incident came to light on Saturday when a local, who owned the paddy field the couple had been ...