A housewife was allegedly chopped to death by her husband at Dhanikhola village under Trishal upazila in Mymensingh.
The deceased was Kanika Begum, 28.
Trishal police station Officer-in-Charge Kamrul Islam said: “At a stage of a quarrel, Shaju hit his wife with an axe around 1am on Wednesday. Konika died on the spot.”
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Mymensingh Medical College for autopsy.
Later, police arrested konika's husband Shahjahan Hossain Shaju.