A 34-year-old Tahsildar (revenue department officer) has been arrested on attempt to murder and other charges after he allegedly assaulted his wife and threatened her with a pistol in Maharashtra's Nanded district, police officers said on Wednesday.

According to news agency PTI, the accused – Avinash Shembatwad – is a resident of Nanded city in central Maharashtra, but is currently posted at Dhanora in the Naxal-affected district of Gadchiroli in the Vidarbha region.