Miscreants hacked a woman to death and critically injured another during a robbery bid at Zamidarpada village under the Bangomunda police station in Balangir district on Saturday. It was suspected that women were attacked by the armed miscreants when they tried to resist an attempt to rob house. While one of victims died on the spot, the injured woman is stated to be critical. As per reports, the armed miscreants broke into house of cloth merchant Binod Jain in village. It is suspected that miscreants attacked Binod's wife Manjudevi Jain and his sister Kan Kumari Jain with sharp weapons after duo resisted their attempts to loot house. While miscreants hacked Manjudevi to death, Kan Kumari was grievously injured in attack. She was shifted to a hospital in Balangir, Getting information, IICs of four police stations rushed to spot and launched an investigation into incident to identify culprits and ascertain real motive behind murder and violent attack. The incident on occasion of Nuakhai has sent shockwaves in region.