An elderly couple was hacked to death at Cheradi, near Moolamattom, under the Kanjar police station limits in Idukki on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Keeriyanikkal Kumaran, 68, and his wife Thankamma, 62. The police said that their son Ajesh, 35, was suspected have committed the crime and had been absconding after the incident.
According to the Kanjar police, the incident occurred on Tuesday night. Kumaran and Thankamma were Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme workers. As they failed to turn up for work on Wednesday, Kumaran’s sister Kamalakshi reached their home and found the couple injured. She alerted the neighbours and the police.
