Gorakhpur, Nov. 25 -- A brutal double murder in Gorakhpur's Geeta Vatika locality has left residents shaken after a 75-year-old woman and her daughter were found bludgeoned to death inside their home, police said on Tuesday.
The victims, Shanti Devi (75) and her unmarried daughter Vimla Jaiswal (55), were discovered dead late Monday night after neighbours alerted the police. Officers recovered a blood-stained hammer from the house, indicating that both were killed by repeated blows to the head.
Shanti Devi was a widow, while Vimla worked at a nearby furniture shop, Rama Furniture. Neighbours grew concerned when Vimla failed to report to work, and their room remained locked all day. Police broke open the door and found the two women dead i...