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Jammu: A man allegedly killed his mother-in-law and critically injured his wife along with her sister over a family dispute in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, police officials said on Monday.
Suresh Kumar attacked the trio with a sharp-edged weapon at Kiya village in Ram Nagar area on Sunday night, the officials said.
They said Kumar fled the scene after leaving his mother-in-law Shanti Devi, wife Lalita and sister-in-law Anju Devi in a pool of blood.
While Devi was declared brought dead at a hospital by the doctors, the two other women were referred to district hospital Udhampur for specialised treatment, the officials said.
A case was registered and efforts are underway to nab the accused who is absconding, they added.
Rakesh, brother-in-law of the accused, said he was under the influence of liquor when he came to their home and axed-to-death his mother besides injuring his wife and her sister.
He said his sister and Kumar’s wife had a fight with him over some issue a few days back and he was pressing her to return.
“He should be arrested and handed an exemplary punishment for killing my mother and injuring my sisters,” he said.