Bhubaneswar, Jan. 23 -- Khordha police has cracked the murder case of a man, whose body was found stuffed in a trolley bag, and arrested three persons including the wife of the deceased.

Addressing a presser, Khordha SP Siddharth Kataria revealed that the wife of the deceased was the mastermind of the crime who eliminated her husband to get rid of torture.

The accused woman, identified as Mili, orchestrated the murder of her husband Manorajan Mohapatra with the help of her cousin brother and his associate.

As per the SP, Manoranjan, who hailed from Lakhpada under Ranpur police limits in Khordha district, was a habitual drunker and used to beat up his wife Mili in an inebriated condition.

"The motive of the murder is torture meted out ...