Bengaluru/IBNS, Feb. 12 -- Bengaluru has been shaken by a gruesome double murder in which a 33-year-old US-returned software professional was arrested for allegedly stabbing his parents to death inside their upscale villa in Vignan Nagar, near the HAL township.

The accused, identified as Rohan Chandra Bhat, is alleged to have attacked his father, Naveen Chandra Bhat, 60, a retired Navy captain, and his mother, Shyamala Bhat, 55, a practising dentist. The couple resided in a villa at Adarsh Vista.

According to preliminary findings cited in a Times of India report, the incident followed a heated argument over financial support.

Investigators believe Rohan stabbed both his parents multiple times during the altercation.

They were immediat...