<p>A 48-year-old woman was allegedly hacked to death on a flyover here Saturday night by her son-in-law for “encouraging” his wife to go ahead with divorce, police said.</p>.<p>Rajesh (37) killed Nagamani (47) on Chanumolu Venkata Rao flyover around 9 pm, they said.</p>.<p>“It is a murder committed by son-in-law. The deceased (person) is mother-in-law. A divorce petition is pending before the court,” Vijayawada West ACP Hanumantha Rao told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>According to the police, Rajesh bore a grudge against Nagamani for allegedly encouraging her daughter to file a divorce petition.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/relatives-beat-woman-to-death-in-ghaziabad-8-held-1230024.html" target="_blank">Relatives beat woman to death in Ghaziabad, 8 held</a></strong></p>.<p>He was unhappy with his mother-in-law as he thought that she was the reason for his separation with his wife and hacked her to death with a sickle used to cut coconuts, they said.</p>.<p>Nagamani died on the spot, police said, adding a hunt has been launched to nab Rajesh.</p>.<p>The accused used to eke out a living by selling clothes door to door.</p>.<p>Police have registered a case against Rajesh under Indian Penal Code section 302 (murder).</p>
<p>A 48-year-old woman was allegedly hacked to death on a flyover here Saturday night by her son-in-law for “encouraging” his wife to go ahead with divorce, police said.</p>.<p>Rajesh (37) killed Nagamani (47) on Chanumolu Venkata Rao flyover around 9 pm, they said.</p>.<p>“It is a murder committed by son-in-law. The deceased (person) is mother-in-law. A divorce petition is pending before the court,” Vijayawada West ACP Hanumantha Rao told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>According to the police, Rajesh bore a grudge against Nagamani for allegedly encouraging her daughter to file a divorce petition.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/relatives-beat-woman-to-death-in-ghaziabad-8-held-1230024.html" target="_blank">Relatives beat woman to death in Ghaziabad, 8 held</a></strong></p>.<p>He was unhappy with his mother-in-law as he thought that she was the reason for his separation with his wife and hacked her to death with a sickle used to cut coconuts, they said.</p>.<p>Nagamani died on the spot, police said, adding a hunt has been launched to nab Rajesh.</p>.<p>The accused used to eke out a living by selling clothes door to door.</p>.<p>Police have registered a case against Rajesh under Indian Penal Code section 302 (murder).</p>