A 45-year-old woman and her 24-year-old daughter were found murdered in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, the police said on Tuesday.
According to the police, unidentified persons smashed their heads with a cricket bat while both mother and daughter were sleeping at their under-construction house in Pusaur village on Monday night.
Pusaur SHO Ramkinkar Yadav said incident crime came to light after the younger daughter of the deceased woman noticed bloodstains inside the under-construction house and alerted the police.
The bodies were reportedly covered with a blanket and stones and dumped next to their residence.
The police recovered a cricket bat from the crime spot that was allegedly used to smash the heads of the two women.
A case has been registered and CCTV camera footage of the area is being analysed to identify the assailants.