India, Dec. 30 -- A 32-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly murdering her 62-year-old father-in-law, a retired Indian Air Force (IAF) engineer, by throttling him and smashing his head on the concrete floor of their house in Delhi's Uttam Nagar on Saturday morning. The crime, witnessed by her young son and the teenage daughter of the victim, was reportedly driven by a dispute over family property.

The accused, identified as Geeta, was arrested from the scene and has confessed to the murder, police said on Monday. According to two investigators privy with the case details, who asked not to be identified, the assault took place on the terrace of the family home in Mansa Ram Park. Geeta allegedly pushed her father-in-law, Naresh Ku...