Talcher:<\/strong> A woman was axed to death by her husband today following an altercation at Dera-Pani hating under Talcher Colliery police limits in Angul district.<\/p>\n The deceased woman was identified as 45-year-old Jyoti Munda. However, the identity of the accused man has not been ascertained yet. He fled from the spot soon after committing the crime.<\/p>\n According to a police source, the couple had relocated from Balisahi in Deogarh district and has been residing in Dera locality for the past several years. The couple indulged in a brawl over an issue not known so far. Things took an ugly turn when, in a fit of rage, the man attacked his wife leading to her death.<\/p>\n The man axed Jyoti\u2019s head, neck and shoulders. As a result, she sustained grievous injuries in the incident and later succumbed on the spot, the senior police official said.<\/p>\n On being informed, a team of Colliery police reached the crime spot and recovered the victim woman\u2019s body from a pool of blood. The team seized the body and launched a probe into the alleged murder, which is underway. Police have sent the body to a nearby hospital for post-mortem.<\/p>\n \u201cThe victim woman\u2019s body has been kept in the morgue at the sub-divisional hospital (SDH) in Talcher. We have seized the axe used by the accused in the crime,\u201d Colliery PS IIC expressed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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