Police at the crime scene
Varanasi: A 65-year-old woman and her 22-year-old blind and mentally challenged daughter were found dead at different spotsunder Rasda police station of Ballia on Thursday morning, with police suspecting they were bludgeoned to death with a heavy object. Ballia SP Omveer Singh said Ramchij Gupta, 70, his wife Manasi and daughter Gauri — lived in the house.
Blood had also been cleaned from the house, suggesting an attempt to destroy evidence, police said. Officials said the scene indicated that the murders took place inside the house before the bodies were shifted. The bodies were sent for postmortem, which police said would help establish the injuries and sequence of events.
The incident took place when Ramchij was away. A cot was found beyond a small boundary adjoining the house, while Gauri’s body was lying on the edge of a paddy field behind it. Police questioned Ramchij and checked for possible enmity, but he denied having any dispute. Household articles were reportedly undisturbed.