Silvester D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (EP)
Kundapur, Aug 12: In a shocking incident reported at Bijoor in Byndoor here on Saturday August 12, a son allegedly assaulted his parents and then committed suicide out of guilt that he had killed them.
Raghava, son of Manju (67) and Heriakka (57), had been to Dharmasthala two days ago to seek divine blessings. He returned home early morning on Saturday sleepy and heavy-eyed.
He knocked on the main door of the house and but did not get a response, as his parents were still asleep. After repeated knocks, his parents woke up and opened the door. The son, in a fit of rage for being made to wait, grabbed hold of a firewood that was lying around and allegedly assualted his parents.
The impact of the attack was such that both the parents collapsed on the spot.
On seeing his parents lying unconscious in a pool of blood, a frightened Raghava assumed that he had killed them, and out of extreme guilt, ran to a nearby well and jumped in to his death.
The locals who arrived at the spot later admitted Manju and Heriakka to Kundapur government hospital.
Raghava was reportedly mentally unstable for the past two years and several times had done things that were not in his control.
Byndoor police inspector and staff visited the spot, conducted investigation and registered a case.