India, Jan. 5 -- A 75-year-old man and his 65-year-old wife were found dead at their house in Shahdara early on Sunday, police said, adding they were investigating the incident as a possible murder and robbery.

The bodies of Virender Kumar Bansal, a retired school teacher, and his wife Parvesh Bansal, a homemaker, were in separate rooms in the house, in Rama Nagar Extension, where they lived on the third floor.

Initial investigation suggested Virendra was struck on the head and face with a heavy object and Parvesh was strangled to death. Parvesh's body was also missing jewellery, police added.

Officers said they were informed about the crime by the couple's son, Vaibhav Bansal, 28, who was taken into custody and was released after inte...