A man was killed allegedly his newly-wed wife at Mosinda village in Gurudaspur upazila of the district on Friday night.

The deceased was Kabil Hossain, hailing from Chatmohor in Pabna district.

Selim Reza, officer-in-charge of Gurudaspur Police Station, said that Kabil and Ruby Khatun got married four months ago following a love affair. But they used to engage in quarrels and Ruby returned to her father's house recently. Kabil came to his father-in-law's on Friday to bring back his wife and the couple locked into an altercation at night.

At one stage, Ruby attacked him with a sharp weapon, leaving him dead on the spot.