Prayagraj: A man and his elderly mother were found brutally murdered at their home in Saray Deena village under Soraon police station in trans-Ganga area of Prayagraj on Sunday morning.
The deceased Dharma Devi (55) and Surendra Pasi alias Tiddu (22) were residents of Saray Deema village.
SP (trans-Ganga) Dhawal Jaiswal said that two police teams are working on the case and two persons have been detained for interrogation.
Police said that the victims were the only ones inside the house on Saturday night when they were killed. The murders came to light on Sunday morning when a girl arrived the victims’ house to fetch milk and found their bodies.
Police said that Dharma Devi’s elder son used to live in the neighbouring Sikandarpur village, while she lived with with her two other sons Surendra and Mahendra.
On Saturday night, Mahendra had gone to a wedding and Dharma and Surendra were alone at their house.
Mahendra told the police that his family was at loggerheads with their neighbours over a land dispute. Police have detained two men of the neighbouring family for questioning. Police said that the attackers used bricks and sticks to kill the woman and her son. It appeared that their only intention was to kill the two. The bodies have been sent for a postmortem examination.