A man killed his wife over a family feud at Kadampur Umradagi village of Ranishankoil upazila in Thakurgaon yesterday.

The deceased was Sohagi Begum, 30, wife of Kosim Uddin of the same village.

Inspector (investigation) of Ranishankoil police and also the Investigation Officer of the case Sirajul Islam told this correspondent over the cell phone that Kosim engaged in a quarrel with her wife over a trifling matter around 8:00am. 

At one stage of the altercation, he hit her on the head, leaving her dead on the spot, and fled the house.

A case was filed in this connection, accusing eight of Kosim's family members, including him.