Five members of a family were killed in the early hours on Monday in Aradhana Nagar, police said. Police said that Kamlakar Pohankar, his wife, mother, daughter, and nephew were killed with a sharp-edged weapon.

A younger daughter, and niece, of Pohankar, who were sleeping in another room of the house, were not attacked, an official said. Pohankar owned an electric shop which operated out of his house in the Aradhana Nagar locality, police said.