A married couple was found dead inside their home in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi district on Tuesday, police said. A 60-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident.
The couple was allegedly killed with a sharp weapon in their home in Kutora village, under the Todi Fatehpur police station area. “The accused, Kashiram, entered the house on Tuesday morning and attacked Pushpendra (40) and his wife Sangeeta (35) with a sharp weapon. Pushpendra died on the spot, while Sangeeta succumbed to her injuries on the way to the hospital,” Todi Fatehpur Station House Officer(SHO) Devesh Kumar Upadhyay said.
The SHO stated that the motive for the killings is yet to be determined.
“Kashiram has been taken into custody, and we are questioning him to determine the reasons behind the attack,” Upadhyay added. The bodies have been sent for postmortem and further investigation is underway.
The father of the deceased alleged that Shanti Prasad aka Kanshi Ram, a resident of the same village, killed his son and daughter-in-law with a sword. Upon being informed, police reached the spot. The SSP inspected the crime scene and took information from the family members of the deceased. The bodies have been sent for the postmortem examination and further investigation is underway.