Medininagar, Mar 9: A man allegedly strangled his niece to death and hanged her body at a cowshed in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Thursday, police said.

The accused was on the run following the incident, which happened in Harbhonga village in Chainpur police station area, they said. Jharkhand Shocker: Teenager Killed in Dhanbad Days Ahead of Exam, Two Friends Arrested.

There was enmity between the man and his sister's family over land, and the murder is a result of that, Chainpur police station's in-charge Uday Kumar Gupta said.

No one was at home when the incident happened, he said. Jharkhand Shocker: Two Sisters Burnt to Death After Falling Into Tub of Hot Rice Residue in Palamu, Probe Underway.

A hunt is on for the accused, he added.

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