Police constable shoots wife dead in interior Manipur

A police constable shot dead his wife following an argument in Manipur's  interior Senapati district.

The police said that constable Pokiho Mao (41), attached with the Tadubi police station, entered into a heated argument with his wife over some family matter after returning home from work yesterday and fired from his single-barrel rifle, killing her on the spot.

The constable later surrendered before the Tadubi police station along with the rifle, the police said adding an interrogation of him was proceeding.