A 29-year-old man has been arrested for killing a 27-year-old married woman at her home when she tried to end the illicit relationship between them, the Virar police said on Wednesday.

The incident happened late on Saturday night when Amol Ganpat Adavde went to Mayuri More's flat in Vaishnavi Apartment in Virar East while her husband Mahesh More had gone to his native village in Mahad. Mahesh, upon returning from Mahad around 8.30 am on Sunday, found his wife's lifeless body covered in blood and informed the police.