Maha: Three women members of family killed in Solapur district

Three women of a family were found to have been killed at their house in Mangalvedha tehsil of southwestern Maharashtra's Solapur district on Tuesday evening, police said.

A suspect has been detained, said an official.

The women, two of them sisters, were found to have been hacked to death with an axe-like weapon, he said.

The gruesome killings at Lavate Vasti in Nandeshwar village were suspected to have taken place around 5 pm.

The deceased were identified as Dipali Balu Mali (25), Parabai Mali (45), and Sangita Mali (55).

Parabai and Sangita were sisters, while Dipali was their brother's daughter-in-law. The two sisters lived with their brother, the official said, adding that further probe was on.

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