Noida: A 32-year-old woman was bludgeoned to death by her husband in Salarpur village under sector 39 area of Noida on Saturday night.
According to police, the woman, identified as Umadevi, suffered fatal injuries on her head and body in a feud at the couple's house on late Saturday night.
"On Sunday morning, we received information from other residents of the village upon which a police team reached the spot. The woman was lying in a pool of blood inside her house which . The doctors have confirmed her death and her body has been sent for the postmortem," said Shwetabh Pandey, Circle officer-III, Noida.
Locals said that the couple lived at a rented house in the area and used to fight with each other over husband's drinking habit. The couple had three children, an eight-year-old boy and two daughters, aged two and four years. Cops said that the woman was murdered with a blunt object, following a scuffle on the night of incident.
"Prima facie, it appears that the woman has been murdered by her husband who is identified as Raja Babu. He works at a private company and is at large after the incident. The accused also took his son along with him while the two daughters were found at home only. Investigations are underway in the case and efforts are on to nab the accused," added Pandey.