PRAYAGRAJ, April 29 -- A retired officer of Food Corporation of India (FCI) was found murdered in his house in Prayagraj on Monday evening. The attackers also stabbed his wife several times who later succumbed at a private hospital.

After committing the crime, the attackers locked the rooms in which they had stabbed the victims, and also the main gate of the house and fled.

The deceased have been identified as retired FCI officer Arun Srivastava (65) and his wife Meena Srivastava who lived in a multi-storeyed house in ADA Colony.

The police reached the spot after being informed by the neighbours, and broke open the lock of the main gate to enter the house. Later, the locks of both the rooms were also broken. The husband and wife were l...