A 57-year-old woman was hacked to death by an unknown person or people in her house at Mahatama Phule Chawl, Gorai Road, Borivli West on Sunday night. She was rushed to the Shatabdi Hospital by her relatives but was declared dead before admission.

The deceased has been identified as Sahubai Kachru and she lived with her two sons and grandchildren. According to the police, the incident came to light at around 11 pm when Kachru's daughter Sunita Bhalerao's minor daughter — who stays in the same area — found her grandmother lying in a pool of blood in the house. She informed her mother who later called the police.