In a highly shocking incident, a man allegedly killed his daughter-in-law at Gireldunguri village under the Dharuadihi police station in the district and committed suicide late on Monday night.
Police sources said Kamal Dogul and his wife Jashobanti were staying separately from his father Parsuram following a family feud.
In the night when Jashobanti was alone at house as her husband had gone to Puri to witness the Rath Yatra, Parsuram bludgeoned her to death with an iron rod. He later committed suicide by jumping before a moving train, reports said. On being informed, police reached the spot, sent the bodies for postmortem and started investigation after the husband of the deceased woman lodged a complaint.