India, Dec. 3 -- A 35-year-old man from Paharganj has been arrested for assaulting his wife with an iron rod and threatening to kill her with an illegal pistol on Friday. The woman told officers that her husband had been accusing her of having an affair with his cousin. The weapon was later recovered from his home after a targeted search by a police team.

The case began on 27 November when police received a PCR call about domestic violence. On Thursday afternoon, the accused, Lokesh Chauhan, forced his wife to go with him to the cousin's house. When the man was not found, they returned home. According to the wife, after returning home, her husband attacked her with an iron rod and threatened to kill her, showing a pistol.

Based on her s...