Panchkula, November 24
A 45-year-old woman was axed to death allegedly by her father-in-law after she tried to intervene in a brawl between her husband and the suspect over the watering of agricultural fields in Barwala today.
The victim has been identified as Dayawanti, a resident of Khatauli village. She is survived by her husband Vijay and two children.
On receiving the information, Assistant Commissioner of Police Mamta Sauda along with a police team and CIA staff visited the crime scene.
According to sources, Vijay, the son of suspect Kashmiri Lal, 70, had drawn water from a tubewell belonging to a neighbour, with whom Lal had old enmity.
