India, Aug. 4 -- Four days after a 50-year-old woman was found dead at her house in east Delhi's Gagan Vihar, police on Sunday arrested the victim's 53-year-old husband who allegedly stabbed her to death with a pair of scissors over a property dispute, officials said on Monday.

Police identified the suspect as Kamal Singh, an electronics and communication engineer. Soon after murdering his wife Koman Singh, Kamal locked the house and fled the scene. He was caught near Mathura railway station in Uttar Pradesh while attempting to flee to Nepal, police said, adding that Rs.12.75 lakh was recovered from him.

"Kamal told police that he wanted his wife's Jagatpuri property, which she had received from her grandfather, to be registered in his ...