Panic gripped Patada village under the Baisinga police station in Mayurbhanj district following the brutal murder of a couple on late Monday night.
The man and his wife were hacked to death with sharp weapons by unidentified miscreants while they were asleep in their bedroom. The villagers came to know about the gory incident on Tuesday morning and informed the police, who rushed to the spot and sent the bodies for postmortem.
Investigation was on to trace the killers, the police said.