Sub-Divisional Police Officer Dilnawaz Ahmad said that the accused came to his Porauni village home from Mumbai, where he works, and later killed his wife Gulshan Khatoon (22) and their daughter Shama Parveen by slitting their throats with a sickle.
The reason behind the killings were yet to be ascertained, Ahmad said adding that the accused was absconding.
The police have detained his father Mohammad Imtiyaz for questioning.