India, Oct. 11 -- A 30-year-old man was arrested from Meerut on Friday for allegedly assaulting his wife and then pushing her from the balcony of their second-floor apartment in Gurugram's Sector 12 on Wednesday, police said.

According to police, the incident took place around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, after which the 37-year-old victim sustained serious head injuries.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer for Gurugram police, said the woman's mother alleged in her complaint that the man argued with his wife, beat her and then pushed her from their house's balcony, resulting in her death.

The man informed her family that she was injured after falling from the second floor. Police said neighbours rushed her to the Civil Hospital in Sector ...