Guwahati, July 15 -- A 38-year-old woman has been arrested in Assam's Guwahati for allegedly murdering her husband and burying his body inside their residence, police said.

The accused, Rahima Khatun, reportedly killed her husband, Sabiyal Rehman (40), following a domestic dispute on June 26 at their home in Joymati Nagar in the Pandu area of the city. Rehman, a scrap dealer, was married to Khatun for 15 years, and the couple had two children.

According to police, after the incident, Khatun buried her husband's body in a five-foot-deep pit dug within the premises of their house. To cover up the crime, she initially told acquaintances that Rehman had left for Kerala for work. When suspicion grew, she fled the house citing health reasons....