Chandigarh: KJ Singh, a senior journalist, and his 92-year-old mother have been found dead at their residence in Mohali in Punjab.
The police suspects Mr Singh and his mother, Gurcharan Kaur, were murdered.
"There were injury marks on their necks," Mohali Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Alam Vijay Singh said.
Mr Singh, who was in his sixties, was a former news editor of The Indian Express.
Senior police officers, who are investigating the deaths, visited Mr Singh's house.
Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal tweeted "I condemn ghastly murder of senior journalist KJ Singh and his mother at Mohali. Urge police to nab perpetrators imm. (sic)"
