BIHARSHARIF: In a shocking incident a Nalanda man killed his wife and chopped her body into pieces after she opposed his illicit relations with a village woman.Police on Monday recovered the body of the woman cut into six pieces stacked in a gunny bag from river Falgu after some local residents informed them that foul smell was emanating from a bag floating on the river.The body was identified as that of Sanju Devi wife of one Ajay Chaudhry of Mandachh village under Telhara police station area.Telhara police station SHO Rishikesh Kumar said, “One Vinod Kumar, brother of the deceased woman and a resident of Nayatola locality in Jehanabad said that his brother in-law had an illicit relation with a village woman and the duo used to torture Sanju. On October 9, Ajay snatched Sanju’s jewellery and gifted it to his paramour. When she opposed, the duo again brutally thrashed her. The villagers said Sanju was last seen on October 11. This indicates that she was killed on October 12 itself.”The police officer said an FIR has been lodged in this connection and Ajay’s paramour was arrested. Raids are on to arrest Ajay and five others who escaped from the village soon after committing the crime.In another incident, a newly-married woman died under mysterious circumstances at Mehkar village under Chandi police station area on October 22, while a woman was beaten to death by her husband’s brother at Dihra village under Chandi police station on October 21. Ekangarsarai Police had recovered the body of a woman from river Falgu on October 21.