POLICE have released one man as part of a murder investigation into the deaths of a mother and daughter.

The bodies of Dr Saman Mir Sacharvi, 49 and a girl, believed to be Dr Sacharvi’s daughter, 14-year-old Vian Mangrio, were found at an address in Reedley on Thursday.

Two men, aged 51 and 56, both from Burnley, were detained shortly after 7pm yesterday. Both were arrested on suspicion of two counts of murder, two of rape and one of arson with intent to endanger life.

Following enquiries the 56-year-old man has been released without charge at this time.

The 51-year-old man remains in police custody.

Officers were initially called at around 8.45am on Thursday (October 1st) to a report of concern for the safety of the occupants of an address on Colne Road.

When they arrived, the bodies of the two females were found, as well as evidence of smoke and fire damage inside the address.

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A Home Office post-mortem yesterday (Saturday) revealed Dr Sacharvi died as a result of pressure to the neck. She had also suffered an assault.

The body of Vian Mangrio, a pupil at Marsden Heights High School in Nelson, was also found badly burnt inside the home.

The results of her post mortem examination are yet to be returned.