Three members of a family found dead in Jamshedpur

Jamshedpur: Three members of a family were murdered by unidentified men at Baridih here, police said on Wednesday.

The victims have been identified as 55-year-old ex-Tata Steel employee Kamal Chatterjee, his wife and their teenage daughter Pyali, Deputy Superintendent of Police (City) K N Chowdhry said.

The victims were killed with sharp-edged weapons last night, the DSP said.

Police said the exact cause behind the incident was yet to be ascertained as the bodies were recovered from a company quarter.

A team led by the DSP reached the spot and police has pressed sniffer dogs into service to track down the culprits involved in the incident.

PTI