Man thrashes wife to death, tries to cremate her at residence in Punjab's Gurdaspur

A 60-year-old man was arrested after he thrashed his wife to death and tried to cremate her body at his residence in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, police said on Friday.

incident took place on Thursday night when Sansar Chand, a resident of Paniar vill in Dinanagar in Gurdaspur badly thrashed her wife following an argument over some issue, y said.

Mahindro (55) died after sustaining serious injuries.

Sansar Chand, who works as a labourer, n tried to burn her body at his house after collecting some wood, In-charge Dinanagar Police station, Major Singh said.

A police team reached spot and extracted half-burnt body after residents of area raised an alarm and informed police, he said.

Preliminary investigation revealed that Sansar Chand used to fight with his wife and also assault her, Singh said.

couple's son works in Himachal Pradesh. A case of murder has been registered against husband and wife' body has been sent for postmortem, police said.