India, Nov. 13 -- A 34-year-old man was detained on Thursday for allegedly bludgeoning his 30-year-old relative on the head multiple times with a hammer outside a shop in Ghaziabad's Vijay Nagar for having "bad intensions for his wife", police officials said, adding that the victim is hospitalised.

Police identified the injured person as a resident of Sector-9, Vijay Nagar, while the suspect as his distant relative, both live in the same locality.

"The victim had gone to a grocery shop in the afternoon, and the suspect came from behind and started hitting him on his head multiple times with a hammer. The victim suffered severe head injuries and locals at the spot rushed him to a hospital," said Upasana Pandey, assistant commissioner of ...