Overview

• The victims were identified as Sreelekha A K, 67, and her husband Premarajan P K, 76, who were living alone with their sons working abroad.
• Baliyapattam police registered a case of unnatural death and opened an investigation.
• During the inquest, officers noted head injuries on Sreelekha and recovered a hammer with blood stains from the house.
• The house was locked from the inside with no signs of forced entry, and neighbors reported last seeing the couple on Wednesday.
• The bodies were discovered Thursday evening after the couple’s driver arrived to take their car to pick up a son returning from abroad.