India, May 22 -- NEW DELHI

A 38-year-old woman and her 13-year-old son were murdered at their residence in Govindpuri in the early hours of Thursday, in a suspected incident of robbery, police officers aware of the matter said, pointing to missing cash and jewellery. They, however, said that lack of signs of forced entry and severe repeated stab wounds to the bodies could also indicate personal enmity.

Police said they were informed at 1.11am about the murder, after the woman's husband found the bodies with multiple stab wounds upon returning at around 12.30am.

The victims were identified as Sharda Sahu, 38, and her son, a Class 7 student.

Deputy commissioner of police (south east) Hemant Tiwari said the complainant, Vishnu Sahu, who ...