Indian mother, son murdered in US, police say not hate crime

An Indian IT professional and her six-year-old son found murdered in their home in the US were stabbed "multiple times", law enforcement officials today said but ruled out that the brutal killings were hate crime.

Sasikala Narra, 38, and her son Anish were killed at their residence in Maple Shade in New Jersey state yesterday, said Burlington County Prosecutor Robert Bernardi and Maple Shade Police chief Gary Gubbei.

Law enforcement officials have denied the killings were hate crime or a result of bias against the Indian origin of the victims, according to a statement provided to

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