Latehar (Jharkhand): A woman allegedly axed her three minor daughters to death and attempted to commit suicide at Banri village in Latehar district after an altercation with her husband, the police said today.

Asha Singh (35), hacked her daughters aged between seven and thirteen years, to death on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday and then jumped into a nearby well, Superintendent of Police Anup Birtharay said here.