LUCKNOW: A 20-year-old woman has been arrested for attacking her younger sisters with a machete. This incident occurred yesterday in the Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh. The victims were five and seven years old. The accused, Anjali has been taken into custody.

All three are the daughters of Jayveer, a local farmer in Bahadarpuri. He has four sons as well. At the time of the tragedy, only the sisters were at home. Anjali had invited her boyfriend over in the absence of their parents. It was during this visit that her younger sisters, Roshni (7) and Surabhi (5) witnessed Anjali becoming intimate with her boyfriend, which tragically led to the murder.

Anjali along with her boyfriend used a machete to fatally harm her sisters by slashing their necks. Authorities have also reported that Anjali attempted to eliminate evidence by washing the clothing and tools used in the act.

According to a statement from Anjali's mother she had gone out with other family members around 5 pm to cut grass. Upon returning, she discovered the lifeless bodies of her daughters on the ground. Initially, Anjali appeared to share in the family's grief, but during the subsequent family interrogation, she confessed to the crime.

Anjali admitted to the police that she committed this heinous act out of fear that her sisters would disclose her inappropriate interaction with her boyfriend. Law enforcement has retrieved the machete and the garments used in the crime. The search for Anjali's boyfriend who went into hiding following the incident is still ongoing.