Bitto and his wife Prabitha, 28, from Thrissur district, were arrested this morning for abandoning their newborn child at St George Forane Church in Edappally last evening, they said.
The three men shot their father Ramvilas Rao, his second wife Sunita Devi and two sons before slitting their throats with a sharp weapon around midnight.
A municipal councillor from the Congress was shot dead by two masked men on a motorcycle in Amritsar this evening, a senior police official said.
The authorities on Monday extended curfew in the Meghalaya capital as violence continued in tension-hit areas the previous night with mobs indulging in stone-pelting on security forces for the last four days.
According to sources, Dilpreet Singh threatened Grewal over a WatsApp call, asking him for extortion money. The gangster has threatened to kill Grewal if he fails to meet his demand.
In an application to the Police Commissioner, Fazilpuria said he feared for life and thus wanted police protection. He has even applied for arms licence.