India, March 27 -- A 22-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly murdering his wife by smashing her head with a cooking cylinder in Bajghera, said police.

Police identified the suspect as Sunil Kumar, originallyy from Kancha in Samastipur, Bihar. He had shifted to Gurugram ten days ago with his wife Gunjan Devi, 20.

Police said the couple shifted to a house in Chauma on Monday. On the same night, at around 10.30pm, the couple had an argument, after which he assaulted her.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said that Sunil lifted a filled small cooking cylinder,and used it to hit his wife's head.

"Gunjan started bleeding and fell unconscious. After hitting her multiple times with the cylinder, he fle...