By IANS
Agartala : In a shocking incident, a police officer burnt his wife to death in Tripura after a quarrel, the police said here Friday.
A police spokesman said Parimal Das, a police inspector, Thursday allegedly tied his 40-year-old wife Ratna Burman around a mango tree at their courtyard in Melaghar in west Tripura, 55 km from here. He then poured kerosene oil on the victim and set her on fire.
The incident followed a quarrel between the couple in the presence of their two teenage children.
The police have arrested Das.