India, June 12 -- New Delhi

A 35-year-old woman was bludgeoned to death with a hammer, reportedly by her husband, in the early hours of Thursday at their house in Gautampuri near Seelampur over a domestic dispute, police officers aware of the matter said. The husband, Daud Ishaq Khan, 36, was arrested in the evening, police said.

The woman's family alleged that the man did not disclose he was already married and last week, he suddenly brought home four children from his first marriage to live with him, causing the dispute.

Deputy commissioner of police (northeast) Rahool Alwal said that the police were informed of the murder in the morning, following which a team found the body in the house, a two-room flat on the second floor. She was...