Thomas (Special correspondent)
An elderly couple were brutally murdered in broad daylight at their house in Kumaraswamy Layout on Friday.
The deceased have been identified as Kantharaju,65,and Premalatha,61,residents of Kashinagar.
The city police commissioner,Kamal Pant along with senior police officers,as Addl CP West, Soumendhu Mukherjee with DCP South,Harish Pandey with other officers visited the crime spot and after inspecting the spot and taking stock of the situation.
Commissioner of police,Kamal Pant,told media persons,The deceased have been identified as Kantharaju,65,and Premalatha,61,residents of Kashinagar.
Kantharaju was a mechanic in the BMTC before his retirement.The couple have no children.
The incident took place between 1.30 pm and 3 pm when a group of persons entered the house and had tea with the couple.
Then the gang slit the throat of Kantharaju with a knife while Premalatha was strangled with a cable.
The incident came to light when their neighbour in the house opposite repeatedly called them from outside and they did not respond.Then she went inside and found the bodies and alerted the police.
Immediately Kumaraswamy layout police inspector and his team rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area.
The assailants ransacked the bedroom and ward robs but the police are not sure what valuables are missing since the couple had no relatives.
The couple had rented out two houses on the first and second floor and their tenants were not aware of the incident till the police reached the spot.
The assailants had tea before attacking the couple,adding that they suspect it is a case of murder for gain.
FSL experts conducted spot mahazar and found that the couple tried to escape from the attackers and both bodies were found in separate rooms on the ground floor where they were living.
We are analysing CCTV footage of the neighbouring area to ascertain the movements of the assailants and the culprits will be arrested soon special teams have been formed to nab the assailants he added.
