London: Police in India say they have arrested a 60-year-old man who fatally shot his wife for serving his dinner late, reports BBC.

Ashok Kumar came home drunk on Saturday night and got into an argument with his wife, Rupesh Singh, a senior police officer in Ghaziabad city near the capital Delhi, told the BBC.

Sunaina, 55, was taken to hospital with a gunshot wound to her head, but by then she had died, reports said. Kumar has confessed to his crime and now regrets his actions, Singh said.

"The man (Kumar) used to drink every day. On Saturday, he came home drunk and started having an argument with his wife.