A woman on Thursday night allegedly hacked her father-in-law to death over a family feud at Jagannathpur village in the Jeypore area in the district.
The matter came to the fore after the neighbours spotted Chakra Jani (50), father-in-law of the accused, Hiramani, lying dead in a pool of blood.
After being informed, police rushed to the spot and started investigation into the matter and within two hour of investigation the main accused was nabbed by the Jeypore Sadar police.
Source said that Hiramani had an argument with Chakra over some petty issue and later the situation took an ugly turn after Hiramani attacked her father-in-law with a weapon killing him on the spot. Hiramani fled the spot soon after the incident.
SDPO Sagarika Nath said that police have registered a case against the accused woman under relevant sections of the IPC while more investigation is in progress to find if any other persons are involved. The postmortem report is awaited, added Nath.