A guy allegedly hacked his sister-in-regulation to loss of life over a land dispute in Odisha`s Jajpur district on Wednesday, police stated. The incident passed off in Kapasatikiri village in Bairee Police Station area.
A heated argument ensued among Anita Nayak and accused Jayanta Nayak over the dispute while she became cleansing the courtyard of her residence withinside the morning, a police officer stated.
Angered with the aid of using the argument, the accused dragged Anita to his residence and hacked her to loss of life with a pointy weapon and dumped the frame at the road, the officer stated.
Anita’s husband became away while the incident passed off, he stated, including that primarily based totally on a grievance lodged with the aid of using her son Laxmidhar Nayak, a case became registered and in addition research is underway.
The accused fled the village after the incident and a manhunt has been released to arrest him. Jajpur Road Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO) S K Patnaik stated the 2 households had been now no longer on properly phrases for the beyond couple of years because of the land dispute.