A Barrackpore woman is now dead after she and a close male relative were attacked along Mohess Road Extension.

45-year-old Reshma Peters and the 36-year-old man were walking around 9:30pm on Saturday night, when a vehicle stopped next to them in the vicinity of Heritage Production GN4 TANK Farm No 4.

The man became unconscious after being chopped on the forehead.

When he came to, Peters was missing.

He sought medical attention and alerted the authorities, who later found the woman’s lifeless body on the western side of the roadway in the vicinity of GN4 TANK Farm No 4.

There were injuries to her head, hip and right leg.