A couple and their daughter were found murdered inside their house in Assam’s Jorhat district on Saturday, police said. Alleged to be a fall-out of an illicit affair, the mother-daughter duo was suspected to have been also raped before being killed on Friday night, they added.
Police said the three members of the family were found dead by neighbours inside their thatched-roof house near a brick kiln at Khatisona area of the district on Saturday morning.
The deceased have been identified as Hunti Bora, his wife Dulu Bora and their 20-year-old daughter Monalisa Bora.
Hunti Bora, who hailed from Sonitpur district, was the caretaker of the brick kiln.
Police said the bodies of the two women were found in half-naked condition and it is suspected that they could have been raped.
“We have recovered a shirt and a ‘dau’ (dagger) from near the house and have identified a suspect. We have launched an operation to nab him,” police said.
He was allegedly having an illicit affair with either of the deceased woman, they added.
