India, July 21 -- An elderly couple, including a retired bank employee, was found murdered in their house in Bihar's Muzaffarpur late on Monday evening, said police.

The deceased have been identified as Ashok Kunwar (75) and his wife Neelam Kunwar (70). Ashok Kunwar had retired from the Punjab National Bank in 2013 while his son Nikhil Kanwar lives in Bengaluru as engineer.

Police said the couple's son Nikhil called his neighbour Pintu to check on the Kunwar's residence after the former found something amiss in the CCTV camera. When Pintu entered the house, he found Ashok's body lying in a pool of blood on the first floor while Neelam was also found murdered on the third floor.

Police said several stab wounds were found on Ashok's body...