Keonjhar, Oct. 20 -- In a shocking incident, a woman sustained critical injuries after she was allegedly hacked by one of her family members over a land dispute in Odisha's Keonjhar district on Sunday night.

The woman was identified as Basanti Nayak, a widow from Golabandha village in Hatadihi.

As per reports, Basanti's brother in-law Budhia Nayak was harbouring grudge against her since a long time over property issues. He had even planned to eliminate her and made multiple futile attempts in the past. However, on Sunday, on getting to know that she was alone in her house, he took advantage of the situation.He went over and suddenly attacked her with an axe.

On hearing loud screams, neighbours rushed to her rescue. Budhia tried to f...