India, March 11 -- An assistant professor, identified as Sandeep Goyal, and his eight-year-old daughter were found dead in his office inside the university campus in Haryana's Hisar district on Sunday evening, police said.

Sandeep Goyal, 35, was working at Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences in Hisar. Goyal and his family were staying at the university campus.

News agency PTI, citing the police, reported that their throats were found to have been slit and their bodies were recovered from Goyal's office. A police official said Goyal was being treated for depression.

"...We have cordoned off the site and as part of the scientific investigation, mobile forensic science unit has been called. Investigation is going ...