India, Jan. 7 -- A 46-year-old man was shot dead by police after he allegedly attacked two neighbours and a police personnel with a machete in Assam's Sivasagar district on Tuesday night, police said.

Locals said the deceased, Ranjit Pandav, a resident of the Bar Diroi tea garden line area, was chasing his wife with a machete and threatening to attack her over a domestic dispute when his neighbours tried to intervene.

Ranjit attacked his neighbours -Martin Pandav and his wife Geeta Pandav, both in their forties- around 8 pm, Co-District Superintendent of Police (CDSP), Gossaigaon, Hiren Kumar Deka said.

Locals said that the neighbouring couple had gone to Ranjit's house to calm the situation after hearing screams. "However, Ranjit turn...