MEERUT: A man bludgeoned his wife to death using a hammer in Meerut’s Parikshitgarh area on Friday night.
The incident was a fallout of a domestic dispute, police said.
“Before other family members could intervene, he repeatedly hit her with a hammer,” Anand Prakash Mishra, station house officer at Parikshitgarh police station said.
The accused Sumit Kumar and Chandni had an interfaith love marriage 15 years ago.
They lived outside Meerut for years before moving back to the city.
According to sources, the going got tough for the couple as Sumit, without a job, was not able to sustain his family – wife and five children, including two minor daughters.
“There used to be frequent altercation between the couple over Sumit not supporting the family and his drug addiction,” a local from the neighbourhood said.
Meanwhile, based on the complaint of Salim, father of deceased, an FIR under sections of murder was registered at Parikshitgarh police station.
“The accused Sumit has been arrested and the murder weapon has also been recovered,” police said.