Agra, Jun 28 (IANS): A 62-year-old father-in-law hacked to death his daughter-in-law following a heated family dispute, police said on Wednesday.

The accused is the father of a police constable posted in Farrukhabad.

He walked into Kirawali police station in Agra district on Tuesday with bloodied hands and claimed he had killed the daughter-in-law.

The victim has been identified as Priyanka Singh, 28.

The accused Raghuveer Singh said that after the death of his elder son, the widowed daughter-in-law was staying at her in-laws' place and used to have frequent tiffs with her younger sister-in-law Priyanka.

The victim's husband, Gaurav Singh, a police constable, was not present at the time of the incident.

The accused stated he wanted to keep both daughters-in-law together, but due to frequent quarrels, there was discord in the family, which prompted him to eliminate Priyanka.

The police spokesman said that the victim’s body has been sent for post-mortem and the accused has been jailed.