Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), May 2 (PTI) A 62-year-old woman and her daughter were killed using a sharp-edged weapon in this Uttar Pradesh district on Tuesday evening, police said.

The double murder took place in Devipur village under Hyderabad police station limits, they said.

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SO of Hyderabad police station Chandrabhan Yadav said the deceased were identified as Saraswati Devi and her daughter Poonam (41).

He added that Saraswati Devi was living at the in-laws' place of her daughter, and her son-in-law informed the police about the murder.

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