Rohtak, Feb. 7 -- A 45-year-old woman was axed to death by her 22-year-old daughter, Nikku, in Charkhi Dadri's Paintawas village, the police said on Thursday.

The deceased has been identified as Usha Devi. According to police, the incident took place when Usha went out to the fields to collect dried wood with her daughter Nikku on Wednesday evening. On Thursday morning villagers found Usha Devi's body in the fields and called the police.

In his complaint to the police, Usha's husband Sunil Kumar alleged that his daughter Nikku attacked her mother with an axe which led to her death.

"Nikku had planned the murder of her mother with the help of her ex-husband Ajay," Sunil alleged.

Nikku married Ajay Kumar in 2022, however, they were divo...