Agra, Jan. 20 -- Four of a family died after they were brutally assaulted at their residence in Etah's Kotwali Nagar on Monday afternoon, police said.

The deceased were identified as Ganga Singh, 75, his wife Shyama Devi, 68, daughter-in-law Ratna Devi, 45, and granddaughter Jyoti, 23. While three of them were found murdered, Shyama Devi died at the local medical college. All four were assaulted on the head with a heavy object, the officials added.

The bodies were first seen by Ratna Devi's eight-year-old son when he returned home from school around 2 pm.

Kamal Singh, Ganga and Shyama Devi's son, was said to be at the family-owned pharmacy with one of his daughters at the time of the incident. Kamal had reportedly come to the house aro...