An elderly couple was found dead in a locked room in their residence at Sanorjoda village under Karnapur panchayat in Angul district on Friday morning. The couple was identified as Dukhabandhu Sahu and his wife Panchali.
Family members of the couple said that they suspected something amiss when did not find the couple awake and immediately rushed to their room before discovering the duo dead in their locked room. Soon, they informed about the incident to the Bikrampur police. They suspect that, asphyxiation under the impact of smoke resulting due to the short circuit caused in a fan as the reason behind the death of the couple.