<p>A 40-year-old woman hacked her husband's second wife to death in Odisha over a domestic quarrel, police said Saturday. Incidentally, the deceased was also the sister of the offender.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The gory crime occurred in a slum in state capital Bhubaneswar Friday when the man, whom the sisters shared as a husband, was away. <br /><br />The matter came to light after the elder woman, a mother of three, rushed to the nearby police station and surrendered, offering the policemen also the knife she used to commit the murder. <br /><br />Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) B.C. Mishra said the man, a daily wage labourer, married his wife's sister, then about 35 years old, about four years ago. The two women had been living with the man and the children as a domestic unit. <br /><br />On Friday, a quarrel between the sisters threw the elder one into such a fit of rage that she slit her sister's throat, Mishra told IANS. <br /><br />Police have arrested the woman on the basis of her confession, and sent the body of the deceased for autopsy.<br /><br />In India, polygamy is illegal for Hindus and some other religious groups, under the Hindu Marriage Act. The practice, however, is still rampant in some communities.<br /><br /></p>
<p>A 40-year-old woman hacked her husband's second wife to death in Odisha over a domestic quarrel, police said Saturday. Incidentally, the deceased was also the sister of the offender.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The gory crime occurred in a slum in state capital Bhubaneswar Friday when the man, whom the sisters shared as a husband, was away. <br /><br />The matter came to light after the elder woman, a mother of three, rushed to the nearby police station and surrendered, offering the policemen also the knife she used to commit the murder. <br /><br />Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) B.C. Mishra said the man, a daily wage labourer, married his wife's sister, then about 35 years old, about four years ago. The two women had been living with the man and the children as a domestic unit. <br /><br />On Friday, a quarrel between the sisters threw the elder one into such a fit of rage that she slit her sister's throat, Mishra told IANS. <br /><br />Police have arrested the woman on the basis of her confession, and sent the body of the deceased for autopsy.<br /><br />In India, polygamy is illegal for Hindus and some other religious groups, under the Hindu Marriage Act. The practice, however, is still rampant in some communities.<br /><br /></p>