Guwahati, March 24 -- An Army officer, identified as Khairul Haque, allegedly murdered his wife in Goalpara, Assam, over an ongoing domestic dispute.

He reportedly confessed to killing his wife, Saleha Begum, in Assam's Goalpara and was arrested.

Police found Saleha's body in the driver's seat of a car bearing registration number AS 01 FT 9384 in Goalpara's Panchratna localityon Sunday morning.

According to the police, Khairul Islam, the prime accused, is an Army jawan. This was his second marriage. Preliminary investigations suggest that the incident escalated from a domestic dispute.

The couple had been arguing about Salehamisusing money, and he was disappointed about her purchasing a car.

Khairul had been involved in another relat...