Ghaziabad, Oct. 8 -- Police arrested a 38-year-old man and his parents late Tuesday for allegedly beating his 35-year-old wife to death with an iron rod at their home in Ghaziabad, officials said on Wednesday. An autopsy found around 30 to 35 injuries on the woman's body, including a severe head injury, police said.

The woman died during treatment at a hospital on Sunday evening. Police said the assault took place in the presence of her two children, aged 10 and 12.

The three suspects - her husband, his 58-year-old father and 55-year-old mother - were arrested from Guldhar near Delhi-Meerut Road. Police also recovered the iron rod allegedly used in the assault.

The arrests came after the woman's brother lodged a murder case on Monday, ...