Later, he also killed his mother and injured his daughter, they said.
The woman, Sunita, was in bad health because of cancer and her husband Rambir Goud (40) was irritated with her medical problems.
On the intervening night of March 4-5, Rambir hit on her head with an axe at their home in Achalpura village of Lahar tehsil, Bhind district Superintendent of Police (SP) Ashish told reporters.
When his mother tried to intervene to save the daughter-in-law, Goud hit her also with the axe following which she too collapsed.
Later, Goud fled from the house, police said, adding that a case has been registered in this regard and a search is on to nab him.