: A widow and her distant relative were found murdered at their rented accommodation in west Delhi’s Vikas Nagar on Saturday morning.
The extent of injuries on the victims indicated they were repeatedly struck with a sharp object.
The killer also crushed the victims’ faces before leaving.
A senior police officer said several teams had been constituted to crack the case and that there were vital leads into the identity of the killers.
Insider’s job?
Several persons are being questioned in connection with the double murders even as a senior investigator said that a relative of the woman is among the suspects. The police said it was also likely that the murdered duo was not the original target of the assailants.
The deceased have been identified as 42-year-old Sunita and her distant brother-in-law, Rajesh, 40.