Bhubaneswar, Nov 7: Sadar Police in Sambalpur district successfully cracked a shocking double murder case involving an elderly woman and her daughter with the arrest of two individuals on Thursday. The victims, 90-year-old Snehalata Dixit and her 62-year-old daughter Sourendri Dixit, were found charred to death at their residence in Maneswar Hatpada under Sadar police limits late on Tuesday night.

The accused, Snehalata’s son Jagannath Dixit and her grandson Sanket Dixit, initially murdered the mother-daughter duo and then set their bodies on fire in a bid to cover up the crime as a fire accident. According to police sources, Jagannath and Sanket carefully planned and executed the murder. They suffocated Snehalata and Sourendri while they were at home, and to stage it as an accident, they opened a gas cylinder and set the house ablaze.

Snehalata, who had four daughters and one son, lived with her unmarried daughter Sourendri, a retired teacher. The two resided on the upper floor of their home, while Jagannath and his family lived on the ground floor.

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