India, March 2 -- A 27-year-old man allegedly hacked four members of his family to death with an axe and critically injured his brother over a property dispute at Ramnagar in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, police said on Monday.

Police said the accused attacked his grandmother, father, mother, and sister, aged between 80 and 42, following a heated argument over the distribution of money and jewellery linked to a land sale. All four died on the spot. The accused attacked and seriously injured his 33-year-old brother when he rushed to intervene.

Additional police superintendent Durga Prasad Tiwari said the accused was enraged when his father refused to give him money from the land sale. "Based on the written complaint, a case has been...