Three women from a family were found killed in Mangalvedha town in southwestern Maharashtra's Solapur district on Tuesday evening, police said.
A suspect, a mentally unstable man, has been detained, said an official.
As per preliminary information, three women from a family were found killed with their heads smashed with a stone at Lavate Vasti in Nandeshwar village.
Police have sent the bodies for autopsy and senior officials are on the spot, the official said.
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