India, July 7 -- A 47-year-old man was arrested for allegedly murdering his wife after smashing her head with a brick over a domestic dispute in their rented accommodation at Dhana village in Manesar, said police officials on Sunday.

According to police, the murder took place on June 16 and since then, the suspect, identified as Raj Kumar, a resident of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, was on the run. He was arrested from Kundli-Manesar-Palwal expressway on Saturday. After receiving information about the incident on June 16, police had rushed to the spot and found a woman's body lying on the bed inside her house. The woman was later identified as Rupa Devi, 44, who also hailed from Bareilly.

The landlord of the house told the police that the de...