Four of a family found murdered in Odisha

Four of a family, including two minor children, were found murdered in their home in Odisha, police said Sunday.

Sarat Patra, who works in a private firm here, found his father, his wife and two children lying in pools of blood at his home in Nayagarh district's Chandpur area when he reached there Saturday night.

He immediately informed police, who rushed to the site and sent the bodies for autopsy.

District superintendent of police Bhagyadhar Behera told IANS that the rear door of the house was found broken. Police are investigating the case, he added.

Although what caused the gruesome murders is not yet clear, Behera said it appears that the two children - five and nine years old - have been asphyxiated with a pillow, while other two were killed with sharp edged weapons.