Assam man on run after allegedly killing wife in Mizoram

A man from Assam allegedly killed his wife in Mizoram’s Kolasib district, days after she reportedly fled with her lover.

A manhunt has been launched for the 40-year-old accused who is absconding.

The body of the 35-year-old woman, found with her throat slit, was sent to her ancestral village in Assam’s Hailakandi district after a postmortem examination was conducted at Kolasib district hospital, a police officer said.

The matter came to light on April 5 when a man lodged a complaint with the police that a woman’s body was lying inside a hut close to a paddy field owned by him. The area is near the Assam-Mizoram border.

Apparently, she was killed on the previous day.

During the initial investigation, the police found that the woman had gone to her ancestral village and allegedly fled with a man suspected to be her lover in late March.

Upon learning of this, her husband started searching for her. He found the woman somewhere and brought her to the hut where the murder took place, the officer said.

The suspect fled the scene after the crime and police are searching for the husband, he said.