In a chilling incident, a 60-year-old woman and her 40-year-old differently-abled daughter were found murdered brutally at their residence in West Delhi’s Mianwali Nagar on Saturday.

While Shashi Talwar the mother’s throat was slit, her daughter Nidhi was bludgeoned to death with a blunt object. The hands of both victims were tied and their mouths gagged, the police said.

The incident came to light on Saturday morning when the victims’ maid came for her daily chores. The police said the help rang the doorbell several times, but when there was no response, she entered the house from the other door and found the mother-daughter lying in a pool of blood. “She informed the police about the incident at around 10 am,” said the police.

Their bodies have been sent for post-mortem. The police have ruled out robbery angle as jewelleries were found intact on the persons and two teacups were lying in the drawing room hinting a “friendly entry”. According to the police, initial probe indicated that the murder occurred on Friday evening or night.

The police suspected personal animosity behind the murders. At the same time, some people suspect property dispute could have led to the murder of the woman and her daughter. The police are sifting footage of eight CCTV cameras in the area to identify the accused. The Police have also recovered three mobile phones from the crime scene and are checking the call details.

“Investigation is on,” the police said.

Shashi was dependent on the family pension of her late husband. She had two sons. While one lives in Canada, another is in Mumbai.