India, Jan. 29 -- A 27-year-old Delhi Police woman constable, posted as a commando in the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit of the Special Cell, died on Tuesday at a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, five days after her husband allegedly attacked her with a metal dumbbell and smashed her head against a door frame at their home in Dwarka Mor in southwest Delhi, senior police officers said on Wednesday.

After allegedly assaulting his wife, Kajal, following an altercation over domestic issues and dowry demands, the accused, identified as Ankur Chaudhary (28), called Kajal's brother, Nikhil, a Delhi Police constable, and told him that he had killed his sister, police said, citing Nikhil's statement.

Police said the couple...