Bhubaneswar: In a barbaric incident, a woman was hacked to death by none other than her husband at Kamarda Kasaba village under Jaleswhwar area in Balasore district last night.

Though the accused husband had fled from the village after committing the crime, yet Kamarda police managed arrest him from a place in neighboring West Bengal. He was identified as Santosh Rana.

The reason behind the incident was yet to be known. The police are now interrogating Santosh regarding the incident.