In a case of a triple murder, Odisha's Sonepur police recovered three bodies on Thursday morning. Police officials said they recovered the bodies of farmer Bulu Bhoi (65), his wife Baidehi Bhoi (55), and their son Shiva Bhoi (25), who were allegedly killed in their sleep.

According to a report in Hindustan Times, the elderly couple and their son were hacked to death in their sleep on late Wednesday night. Superintendent of police, Sonepur Debi Prasad Dash, said that the couple and their son were sleeping when their throat were slit with a sharp weapon.