Mumbai: A woman was brutally killed by her husband in a brutal attack near a traffic signal in the Oshiwara area of Andheri West in Maharashtra's Mumbai, officials said on Wednesday. 

According to the police, the accused assaulted his wife with a large stone before slitting her throat with a knife following a heated argument. 

He fled the scene after the incident but was arrested by the police a few hours later.

The incident took place near a traffic signal located a short distance from the Oshiwara Police Station late on Tuesday. Police said a dispute broke out between the couple over an issue.

According to the preliminary investigation, the argument intensified, following which the accused allegedly picked up a large stone and attacked his wife. He then allegedly used a knife to slit her throat. 

The woman collapsed at the spot and suffered severe bleeding as a result of the assault, officials said.

After receiving information about the incident, a team from the Oshiwara Police Station rushed to the scene and shifted the injured woman to Cooper Hospital for treatment.

Doctors at Cooper Hospital examined the woman and declared her dead. 

The accused husband had fled from the spot in an apparent attempt to evade arrest. Police immediately launched a search operation, and the accused was traced and arrested within a few hours of the incident.

A case of murder has been registered against the accused under the relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Police said the accused is being interrogated to ascertain the exact motive behind the killing and to reconstruct the sequence of events leading up to the crime.

Officials said further investigation into the case is underway.