New Delhi, May 26: An elderly couple was today found murdered and their house ransacked in a posh south Delhi locality with police suspecting their absconding domestic help, who was employed a week ago, to be behind the crime.

Ashok Goel (62), a former purchase manager of Taj Mahal Hotel here, and his wife Lata (55) were found with their throats slit this morning at their Neeti Bagh residence by police after being informed by a neighbour.

The domestic help Mukesh Yadav, who was introduced to the Goels by their former help Radha, was missing from the scene and police is sending a team to Bihar's Bhagalpur, from where he belongs.

"A sharp-edged weapon was used to kill the couple. The house has been ransacked and we suspect the motive is robbery. We are sending a team to Bhagalpur to find Yadav," Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) H G S Dhaliwal told reporters.

Lata, a heart patient, was not keeping well from some time, and had recently undergone an eye surgery. The Goels had another help Sumitra, who worked during day time.

The police verification of Yadav, who was employed eight days ago, was not done so far and the family had filed the application for the same last evening, he added.

The incident came to light after Mukesh Bharadwaj, a neighbour, went to the house following a call from the couple's younger daughter Priya, who requested him to check whether her parents were alright as her repeated attempts to reach them over phone proved futile.

Bharadwaj informed police after he saw blood coming out of the front door, which was closed from inside. Policemen entered the house from the terrace and found the bodies lying in a pool of blood.