While Swaminathan (72) was found stabbed to death, his wife Premakumari (65) had been suffocated using a pillow.
Their daughter-in-law was found with hands and legs bound, police said.
The twin murders came to light this morning by a woman who came to deliver milk, police said.
Swaminathan had filed a police complaint a week ago stating that he was facing some threats.
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