Elderly couple murdered in Mahoba district

Kanpur:An elderly man and his wife were hacked to death in their sleep on Thursday night at Shri Nagar locality in Mahoba district.
The murdered couple are Gangadeen (60), and Bhuman (57).
The police said that Gangadeen retired six months ago. “He used to work as a gangman in railways in Madhya Pradesh,” police said.
On Friday morning, son Prem Chand went to his parent’s room and found no response despite repeated knockings on the door.
He later alerted neighbours, who broke open the door and found the couple lying in a pool of blood. They then called the police who reached the spot. They took away the bodies and sealed the house.
Police said their throats were slit with some sharp weapon. Several injury marks were spotted in different parts of the bodies.
“A forensic team visited the spot and collected samples. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem. A probe is on,” said superintendent of police Mani Lal Patidar. “Prima facie, it looks like someone known to the couple may have committed the murders,” he added.
Meanwhile, local residents blamed the police for the gruesome double murder. “The police have become careless regarding the safety of citizens. There’s hardly any patrolling in the area and as a result such an incident has happened in our locality,” said a group of locals.