A couple in their mid-70s was found dead inside their house in Sector 40, Chandigarh with their throats slit on August 4, 2019.

77-year-old Laxmi Das, who is a retired government official, and 73-year-old Shashi Bala, were found inside their house with their throats slit on Sunday.

Investigating officers found out that Laxmi Das, the 77-year-old man, killed his 73-year-old wife with a knife and committed suicide by slitting his own throat.

According to Anil Kumar, the son of the couple, Das was ill and was bedridden for the last 3 years.

On Sunday morning, Anil knocked on the door of the two and when they didn’t open, he alerted his neighbors.

When they broke inside the house, they saw their throats slit and saw blood all over the place.

The police recovered the knife that was used in the crime in the bathroom of the house.

According to the Chandigarh Police, “It looks odd that a person who murdered his wife would go to the washroom, slit his own throat, leave the knife in the washbasin and then come back to the same bed where his wife’s body was lying in a pool of blood. We are investigating the case from all possible angles.”

The police also recovered a suicide note in the crime scene, the note says that no one is held responsible for their actions.

Investigations have started and a forensic team has collected samples from the scene.