India, July 16 -- An auto driver allegedly killed his parents with a hammer in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Tuesday night, and spent the night with the dead bodies, lying in a pool of blood.

The 55-year-old auto driver, Himanshu, was drunk while he carried out the chilling murder in Dhonapal village of the state's Baisinga police station area, following a stifle among the family, according to a PTI news agency report.

Neighbours reported the matter to the police after they spotted the dead bodies of the elderly couple, 81-year-old Hadibandhu Sahu and 72-year-old Shanti Sahu, as they sat lifeless on a cot, accompanied by their son, the accused, the report said.

Police reached the spot and arrested Himanshu, after which the two dead b...