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<\/div>\nThe woman was hacked to death on a flyover in Vijayawada Saturday night. (Representational image)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh): <\/b><\/p>\n
A 48-year-old woman was allegedly hacked to death on a flyover in Vijayawada Saturday night by her son-in-law for \u201cencouraging\u201d his wife to go ahead with divorce, police said.<\/p>\n
Rajesh (37) killed Nagamani (47) on Chanumolu Venkata Rao flyover around 9 pm, they said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a murder committed by son-in-law. The dead (person) is mother-in-law. A divorce petition is pending before the court,\u201d Vijayawada West ACP Hanumantha Rao told PTI.<\/p>\n
According to the police, Rajesh bore a grudge against Nagamani for allegedly encouraging her daughter to file a divorce petition.<\/p>\n
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>\n
Nagamani died on the spot, police said, adding a hunt has been launched to arrest Rajesh.<\/p>\n
The accused used to eke out a living by selling clothes door to door.<\/p>\n
Police have registered a case against Rajesh under Indian Penal Code section 302 (murder).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n