Bhopal, July 15 -- Two property brokers have been arrested for allegedly murdering an elderly couple after fraudulently tricking them into signing over their Bhopal home, police said.

The accused Shrikant Chinchaliya (40) and Shashikant Chinchaliya (35) allegedly killed a retired railway official Hemant Philomen and his wife Shakuntala Barik, a retired government nurse in their home in Sudama Nagar on June 24, police said.

They both were shot dead and their decomposed bodies were recovered on June 26, police said.

"They entered the house and shot them dead. Neighbours and tenants did not suspect foul play as the accused were frequent visitors," police said while adding that the CCTV footage and scientific investigation helped the polic...