India, Sept. 5 -- A man was arrested on Thursday after he shot his wife dead in a crowded market in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur on Wednesday evening following a dispute over divorce proceedings, police said.

The incident took place around 8 pm when the accused, identified as Vishwakarma Chauhan, confronted his wife Mamta Chauhan outside a photo studio in the Gorakhpur market. He was arrested shortly after the shooting.

According to an NDTV report, during interrogation, the man told police that he felt "no regret" for killing his wife as "she was eating away all money."

Police said the accused, Vishwakarma, was arrested by Shahpur police on charges of committing murder, adding that one illegal pistol used in the incident, three live cartr...