A Bengaluru resident was arrested for allegedly killing his wife by repeatedly hitting her with a rolling pin, the police said Monday. The injured woman was initially taken to a hospital, where the accused told doctors that she had fallen, the police said, adding that before dying, she informed the hospital about the assault.

The Peenya police said Chokkasandra residents Preeti Singh, 28, and her husband Chota Lal Singh, 32, hailed from Madhya Pradesh and worked in factories in Bengaluru . They have two daughters.

According to a police officer, on September 24, when Preeti returned home in the afternoon for lunch, Chota Lal asked her for water, but she refused to give it to him. He picked a quarrel over this and attacked her with a rolling pin used for making chapatis, striking her rep

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