India, May 21 -- A 38-year-old woman and her 13-year-old son were found stabbed to death inside their house in southeast Delhi's Govindpuri area early on Thursday, with police suspecting robbery after cash and jewellery were found missing from the house.

Deputy commissioner of police (southeast) Hemant Tiwari said the incident came to light around 1.11am after a PCR call was received regarding a double murder at a house in Gali No. 10 in the Govindpuri area of Kalkaji.

According to investigators, the complainant, Vishnu Sahu, a fruit and vegetable vendor who works in weekly markets, returned home around 12.30am and found the front door latched from outside. On entering the house, he found the bodies of his wife, Sharda Sahu, 38, and the...