Overview
- Police found the bodies of a woman and her son inside their home in Nawadih village in Deoghar after unidentified intruders entered the house in the early hours of Tuesday.
- Authorities registered a murder case, cordoned the scene, and deployed forensic experts and a dog squad while bodies were sent for post-mortem and evidence was collected.
- A daughter‑in‑law survived the attack and alerted relatives who informed police, and investigators are questioning residents and conducting searches across several police station areas.
- News reports give conflicting details on the victims’ ages and the method of killing, so officials say those facts are still being verified by forensic and technical evidence.
- Investigators are probing family enmity, property disputes and a July 2022 killing of the family head—five people were convicted in that earlier case and are reportedly out on bail—and police have told residents the culprits will be arrested soon.