72-year-old woman, son found dead

NEW DELHI: A 72-year-old woman and her son were found dead under mysterious circumstances inside their house in northwest Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh area, police said.

A domestic help, who came to their house Wednesday evening, discovered the two in an unconscious condition, they said. Santosh was in the bed, while her 42-year-old son Kishan Kumar was lying on the floor, a police officer said.

The help called the neighbours, who informed the police. Another officer said, a police team took the two to a hospital where doctors declared them dead.

It is suspected they both were dead long before the maid spotted them, he said. The cause of the death will only be ascertained in the post mortem examination report, he said, adding. no foul play was suspected so far.

Kishan Kumar was a habitual drinker and a bottle of liquor was recovered from the spot, the officer said.