LUCKNOW, Oct. 26 -- A 36-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her husband on Saturday in Gonda district, in front of their five-year-old son, nearly eight years after they had married against their families' wishes, senior police officials confirmed.

Officials said the accused, Guniram Gupta, 40, first struck the woman, Aarti Devi, on the head with a hammer and then slit her throat with a knife when she fell. After the attack, he left their son at his in-laws' home and fled. The incident came to light when the child informed his maternal uncle that his father had killed his mother.

The uncle rushed to the house and found Aarti Devi's blood-soaked body. Police arrived shortly after and sent the body for postmortem examination.

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