Guntur: A wife and husband were hacked to death by their nephew at Veeravatnam in Rompicherla mandal of Guntur district on Tuesday.
Kolli Ramesh Reddy, 55, and his wife Subbamma, 45, died on the spot. While Subbamma was attacked at her home her husband was killed in their field.
S. Rami Reddy, the brother of Subbamma, was having disputes over property for long. Subbamma had three acres of land which she claimed as her ancestral property. Rami Reddy argued that he has rights over the property. They approached the court and a case was pending.
On Tuesday, Rami Reddy and his son Krishna Reddy attacked Subbamma at her house and stabbed her. Later, they went to the fields where Ramesh Reddy was working and killed him.
Police has booked a murder case against them and a special team was set up to nab them.
