Guwahati: A man in Assam’s capital city Guwahati allegedly beat his wife to death with a hammer following a heated argument between them. 

Police said the man, identified as Nurul Haque, beat his wife Sufiya Khatun, to death using a hammer at his rented house in the city’s Dhirenpara area

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The owner of the house heard the screams and when he went to their house he found the woman lying on the floor in a pool of blood.

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Sufiya was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared her brought dead. Currently, Nurul is absconding, police said. 

The police have launched an investigation into the incident.