Vijayawada: An Indian woman and her seven-year-old son were found dead in their home in New Jersey, according to her family in Andhra Pradesh.
The victims were N. Sasikala, 40, and her son Anish Sai.
Sasikala's husband N. Hanumantha Rao found the bodies when he returned home from work on Thursday evening.
Y. Sambasiva Rao, a member of Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly, spoke to representatives of Telugu Association of North America (TANA) over phone about the incident.
He said the mother and her son were strangled to death.
Hanumantha Rao and Sasikala were software professionals. Sasikala used to work from home.
The couple had been living in the US for nine years. This is the latest in a series of incidents involving Indian techies.
An aeronautical engineer from Telangana Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, was shot dead in Olathe, Kansas, on February 23. Vamshi Reddy Mamidala, also from Telangana, was shot dead in Milpitas, California, on February 10 at the garage of his apartment building.
