The Twin City Commissionerate Police arrested a man after his father and stepmother were found stabbed to death inside their home at the Old Jail Colony under Dargha Bazar police limits in Cuttack on Friday. Police said preliminary investigation points to a financial dispute as the likely trigger behind the double murder.

According to sources, the deceased were identified as Deepak Kumar Das, an employee of the Choudwar Jail, and his wife, Rita Rani Das. Both were found with multiple stab wounds and lying in a pool of blood inside their residence. Officers from Dargha Bazar police station detained their son, Alok Kumar Das, at the spot on suspicion of murder.

Police officials said Alok did not attempt to flee and was found sitting inside the house when they arrived. A bloodstained knife,

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