Chandigarh, Feb. 23 -- A day after a Daria village resident was arrested for brutally murdering his 38-year-old female neighbour, police on Sunday said the accused had been undergoing psychiatric treatment at Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32.

The accused, Vinod, was allegedly caught red-handed by the victim's husband while bludgeoning the victim with a pressure cooker and hammer, after stabbing her with a kitchen knife.

According to his complaint, the victim's husband, Pardeep Mohan, who runs a welding shop in Baltana, Zirakpur, had just returned home for lunch around 1.20 pm, when he heard the screams of his wife, Seema, from another room.

As he rushed to her aid, he found the door bolted from inside. Mohan said with...