A 55-year-old woman and her nephew were stabbed multiple times with a shovel allegedly by her brother-in-law at their residence in central Delhi's Paharganj area, police said today.
The police were informed yesterday about the incident. The deceased were identified as Kaushalya and her 30-year-old nephew Purushottam. Kaushalya's son, 25-year-old Rohit, was also injured in the attack.
The accused Rajkumar alias Raju attacked the trio with a shovel and aa kitchen knife while they were asleep and fled from the spot. Subsequently, he was nabbed.
When police reached the spot, they found Purshottam's body lying in a pool of blood on the first floor.
Kaushalya and her son were rushed to a hospital where she was declared brought dead.
Tarachand, who is the brother of the accused, had informed the police about the incident.
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The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, police said adding that a case has been registered.
Police are probing the reason behind the killings.