Jaipur, June 19: A man allegedly hacked his wife to death in a village in Sriganganagar district, police on Wednesday said.

On Tuesday night, Kuldeep Valmiki of Gurusar Modia village killed his wife Veerpal Kaur after a petty dispute, Suratgarh Sadar SHO Krishna Kumar said. Rajasthan Shocker: Driven by Superstitious Beliefs, Man Kills Three-Year-Old Son in Dungarpur; Detained.

Kumar said that the victim's body has been kept at a government hospital mortuary in Suratgarh town of the district. Kuldeep Valmiki, who fled after the murder, has been absconding since, he said.