Ludhiana, March 29 -- Police have arrested a daily wage labourer from Bihar for allegedly killing his 18-year-old wife in Ludhiana earlier this week. The accused, Aman, was produced before a court on Saturday and sent to two-day police custody for questioning.

According to police, Suman's body was recovered from the couple's rented accommodation in Guru Gobind Singh Nagar on Lohara Road on March 22 after neighbours alerted the landlord as the couple had not been seen for around two days. The house was found locked from the outside, following which locals broke open the gate and found the woman lying dead inside the room.

Police said both the accused and the deceased were daily wage labourers from Bihar and had been living in Ludhiana fo...