Overview
- The accused, who police say is 80, walked into the Rawli outpost to confess early Saturday after the attack at his daughter’s home in Muradnagar.
- Officers found 72-year-old Urmila on a blood-soaked cot and doctors at a community health centre declared her dead.
- Uttar Pradesh Police arrested Harpal, recovered the axe from the scene, and sent the body for autopsy.
- The couple had been staying with their daughter for months; the daughter and her husband were in Meerut, while two grandchildren at home said they heard nothing.
- Investigators are examining family accounts of frequent fights and a claimed suspicion of an affair, as well as reports of Harpal’s unstable mental health.