India, Aug. 25 -- A 67-year-old man was arrested in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district on Saturday on charges of killing a 26-year-old woman with whom he had been in a relationship for about a year, police said.

Police said the suspect, identified as Jagannath Jangde, killed the woman, Pushplata Markande, because he suspected she was also in a relationship with another man.

According to police, Pushplata lived in the village with her three-year-old son, and her husband was in jail. Pushplata and Jagannath entered into a relationship after her husband's arrest.

In a statement, the Dhamtari police said the incident took place on the night of August 23 in Hasda No. 1 village during the Pola festival. Jagannath Jangde had parked himself near...