The accused had slapped his wife and she retaliated; in a fit of rage, the accused allegedly took a kitchen knife and stabbed her; she succumbed to the injury on the spot
He gave some money to their daughters and asked them to get some biscuits from a nearby shop; as the children left the house, the accused indulged in a spat, accusing her of developing an extra marital affair with a man
Investigators said the accused strangled his wife to death with his hands on Wednesday night and dumped her body near Plot Number 212, Phase 1, Industrial Area, Chandigarh, in a secluded area