MUMBAI: A history-sheeter allegedly killed his wife on the day he came out on bail after seven months in jail as a robbery undertrial, Mumbai police said on Monday.

Nasim Ansari (32) saw his wife Yasmin moving about in Sewri area with another man late Thursday night and in a fit of rage killed her near Mumbai Port Trust toll post, an official said.

"He had come out of bail from Arthur Road Jail on Thursday after seven months following his arrest in a robbery case. We found Yasmin's body below the Eastern Freeway in MbPT toll post area. We arrested Nasim from the Byculla vegetable market on Friday," investigating officer Kiran Mandre said.

Nasim has some 10 cases against his name, and has now been charged with murder, Mandre said.