India, Dec. 23 -- A 23-year-old man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly murdering his wife by repeatedly hitting her head on the floor during a domestic dispute. The police said the dispute began when his 20-year-old wife objected to him talking to other women over the phone.

The Shivaji Nagar police said the accused, Manzar Hussain, and the victim, Naziya Hussain, were married in October 2023. According to the complaint filed by Naziya's uncle, Samtullah Dilmohammad Sheikh, 35, a farmer from Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh, the couple had a history of frequent quarrels. Naziya, the eldest daughter of Sheikh's brother who works in Saudi Arabia, had moved to Mumbai after the wedding.

Sheikh told the police that Naziya often confided in her ...