In a shocking incident, a woman and her granddaughter were killed in an attack by their neighbour at their Badiamba village under the Hinjili police station of Ganjam district on Sunday morning.
The victims had been rushed to the MKCG Medical College Hospital here in critical conditions. However, they succumbed to the injuries.
Sources said that the neighbor, identified as Ranjan Sethy (30), attacked the 60-year-old woman Kama Sethy and her minor granddaughter (3) with a sharp weapon in the absence of other family members. Although the reason behind the incident was yet to be ascertained, family feud was suspected to be the motive of the murder.
However, it was believed that Ranjan was suffering from a mental disorder. Later, locals overpowered the accused and handed him over to police.