Palghar, May 30 (PTI) Police have arrested a 46-year-old man for allegedly hacking to death his wife with an axe after a fight in Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official said on Thursday.

The incident took place on Wednesday at Durvesh village in Manor area, he said.

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The man doubted his 44-year-old wife's character which led to frequent quarrels between them, the official from police control room told PTI.

They again had a fight over the issue on Wednesday following which the man allegedly attacked his wife multiple times with an axe. The woman died on the spot, he said.

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The Manor police rushed to the spot after receiving information and sent the body to a government hospital for postmortem.

The man was arrested and booked under Indian Penal Code section 302 (murder), the official said.

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