India, Oct. 14 -- A 45-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly hacking his two sisters to death with an axe as part of a ritual he believed would cure him in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, police said on Tuesday.

According to police, the incident took place in Babaida village under the Dhalbhumgarh police station (PS) area where the accused killed his two sisters, aged 55 and 50, locked his house and walked 15 km to the police station and surrendered.

One of the victims' husband said the accused had called both his sisters to his house on Sunday on the pretext of a sorcery and a special puja to "cure" himself.

The accused's third sister said: "He had called me too for the puja but I didn't go. Thank God, I have been saved. ...