India, Feb. 23 -- Two days after a 35-year-old woman and her 6-year-old daughter were found dead at their house in south Delhi's Ali Vihar, police said they suspect the accused killed the woman for ending their alleged relationship and the girl because she was a witness.

Police identified the suspect as Deen Dayal, 35, a nephew of the woman's husband. Dayal lived in the same building and is currently on the run, police said.

A police officer said the bodies of the woman, Jyoti, and her daughter were found stuffed inside a bedbox at their residence in Ali Vihar near Sarita Vihar late Friday night. "Preliminary investigation revealed that Dayal and Jyoti were allegedly in a relationship, and Dayal was angered when Jyoti wanted to break up...