India, Feb. 8 -- A 35-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her husband after a dispute over dowry in Rajasthan's Jodhpur on Friday night, police said.

"The incident took place at around 11.30 pm on Friday when their family members were not at home except the couple's three minor children. The couple had a heated argument at night during which the man, Gautam Dalal, took up an iron pipe and started hitting his wife Monita Dalal's head until she died," said Bhanwar Singh, the station house officer of Maate Ki Thaan police station.

Police said they reached the spot during the wee hours of Saturday and detained Dalal, 37. A case was filed against him under sections 103 (murder), and 80 (dowry death) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). ...