Moodbidri: In an incident that occurred on Tuesday evening, a quarrel between a married couple ended with the death of the wife in the Daregudde grama panchayat’s jurisdiction at Mata in Moodbidri.

The deceased has been identified as Sunitha(30), a resident of Mata. She was reportedly murdered by her husband Dinraj, a resident of Moodbidri, and has been arrested by the Moodbidri police.

Reportedly, the husband and wife had gotten into a quarrel on Tuesday evening during which Dinraj used a blunt weapon and violently attacked his wife, beating her head. Sunitha who sustained grievous injures after the attack is said to have collapsed on the floor, while bleeding profusely from the head, it is learned.

Upon learning about the occurring, family and neighbours rushed Sunitha to the hospital and later admitted her to a hospital for further treatment in Mangaluru. However, Sunitha breathed her last around 12.20 am after the treatment proved to be ineffective, the police revealed.

The Moodbidri police who registered murder case on the accused reportedly arrested Dinraj early on Wednesday.

Sunitha who was born in a poor household was living with a mother in a rented house. Her relatives had helped get her married 1.5 years ago. Since her mother was alone, Sunitha had stayed behind with her mother and Dinraj had moved in with her, while commuting to work at a battery shop in Moodbidri every day, it is learned.

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Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.

Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.

Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.

An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.

The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.

A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.

Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."

"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.

"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.

A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.