A 65-year-old woman was allegedly killed with an iron sickle after a land dispute in Almora. Police arrested the 75-year-old accused within hours as the four-year row came under investigation.

In Jaunpur, a man allegedly hacked his mother and sister to death with an axe after a quarrel over taking a cart to the field. Police said the attack appears rooted in a long-running land dispute, and the accused has been arrested.