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Elderly couple ends life in Bengaluru after being sent to old age home by son

  •   Wed, Jun 25 2025 09:18:12 PM

Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru

Bengaluru, June 25: In a tragic incident reported from JP Nagar 8th Phase in Bengaluru, an elderly couple took their own lives allegedly after being disheartened by their son sending them to an old age home.

The deceased have been identified as Krishnamurthy (81) and Radha (74).

According to sources, the couple had previously requested their son to arrange a separate house due to incompatibility with their daughter-in-law. However, in 2021, the son admitted them to an old age home in Byatarayanapura. They were brought back home in 2023 but continued to face difficulties in adjusting to family life.

Last month, the son once again admitted them to an old age home in Banashankari Nagar. Reportedly upset by this, the couple allegedly hanged themselves at the old age home on Monday night.

Talaghattapura police have registered a case of unnatural death and are investigating. Staff at the old age home stated that the couple had recently had a disagreement over watching television.

 

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  • Masilamani Mani, Mysore, Bangalore

    Fri, Jun 27 2025

    I am a sr.citizen I sincerely suggest my fellow sr citizen friends to chase out your children on the day of their 18th birthday...till then you can take care of them to your capacity.. don't give any wealth to them till your death after our life things will take it's own shape automatically, naturally.. please don't expect your son or daughter to take care of you during your old age and you don't even expect to perform your latest rites too.insted donate your body to some medical college.. please practice this principle very strictly ..if you are unable to take care of your self then you yourself can get joined in some old age home or ashram to suit your requirements and wallet.

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  • NAGARAJAN, Bengaluru

    Thu, Jun 26 2025

    In my personal opinion we elders should get Detached from small small things like TV Meals Dress etc.Instead develop attachment towards HIM. Present day lufe style is totally different. Our kids are under severe stress both in office and in hiuse also. And if we parents add any more their lufe becomes miserable. Take my case..I am 78+ Me and my wife luve in our own place and donot expect anything from our kids. We donot go for any advice to them or questions the way they lives

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  • Prerana Shenoy, Mangalore

    Thu, Jun 26 2025

    For senior citizens- pls Keep your property in your name while you're alive to ensure your financial security. If you don't own a property, keep some savings and be in charge of your bank accounts. Do not give away everything to your children For young couples - If disagreements arise with your in-laws, explore alternatives like hiring a full-time caregiver instead of relying solely on other family members or sending them to care centres.

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  • Agnes, wholmes004@gmail.com

    Thu, Jun 26 2025

    Every person has the right to live in peace and dignity. If parents in- laws and daughter- in laws cannot get along with each other it will be hell on earth for both parties. Before the situation gets out of hand the logical solution for the son of daughter is to arrange a seperate house for the parents if he can afford it and continue to support them. But if he cannot afford it the last option is old age homes where they can at least live in peace instead of being thrown out in the streets. People have to move along with the times in today's fast paced society with tiny homes.

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  • Shaikh, Udupi

    Thu, Jun 26 2025

    To all who said it not wrong sending your parents to the old age home if difficult to take care, then i say to all of those people, Even your parents had felt difficulty in getting you to this world, your mom had to go painful nights, restrictions in eating food, bending problem, difficulty in sleeping and finally tantrums of you when you were born, what if your parents had put you in childcare home just because they felt difficulty in taking care of you. THINK BEFORE YOU WRITE OR SPEAK. May Almighty bless us to take care of her parents. AMEEN.

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai-Mangalauru

    Thu, Jun 26 2025

    If the parents owned the house they should have thrown the son out when he dumped them in an old age home! BTW; I assume that the old age home might have been some charitable type (low fees) where people are treated almost like beggars!!

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  • Prakash, Mangalore

    Thu, Jun 26 2025

    Don’t depend entirely on your children at old your age and also don’t spend all your savings solely for their betterment. Secure your own future—keep enough savings for your old age. Self-reliance brings peace and dignity in later years.

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  • J'roam K., Mangalooru

    Thu, Jun 26 2025

    Difficult young children are sent to boarding schools - similarly difficult parents are sent to old age homes...why should it be considered wrong??

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  • Nithin, Bangalore/SA

    Thu, Jun 26 2025

    Just because you are siding towards your wife & in laws family & think today your parents are burden ,everyone doesn't think on the same lines ,people know their responsibilities towards parents

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  • J'roam k., Mangalooru

    Thu, Jun 26 2025

    "Staff at the old age home stated that the couple had recently had a disagreement over watching television" - is it right to blame the son? Besides those who state 'old age home could be the fate of a child who sends the parents to one' - by this logic it be the parents action coming back at them from their children. Wonder what is right...?

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  • Rita, Germany

    Thu, Jun 26 2025

    J.roam k .Mangalore what is wrong sending parents to old age home?To this question one should go to the said home and stay and experience how it is.It is not your home like.Have to obey rules and eat what they give.and not like at home.Freedom?no.-Second I know it is also costly affair.Afterall this couple were not old ,they could have self look for a home or house where they could stay independent.Sad they suicided.Sometimes have to adjust .otherwise ask some religious heads for a help in case of problems.Sure what son has done wrong.Tomorrow his position also will be sameas he did for parents.His children too may do same for him?May their soul rest in peace.

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  • Renilda, Mulky

    Wed, Jul 09 2025

    I strongly disagree with the idea of sending elderly parents to an old age home. The house where parents, their son, and daughter-in-law live is, first and foremost, the parents’ home. If the daughter-in-law cannot maintain a respectful or peaceful relationship with her husband’s parents, then it is the son and his wife who should consider moving out—not the parents. Elderly parents deserve to live peacefully and with dignity in their own home, especially after sacrificing so much of their lives, time, and finances to raise their children. Forcing them to leave their home at such a vulnerable stage of life is not only morally wrong, but it should also be recognized as a serious offense. An old age home can never give the emotional comfort or happiness that their own home provides. The house where they raised their children, watched them grow, and celebrated milestones is more than just walls—it is their world. The neighborhood, the memories, and every corner of the home hold deep emotional value. Never separate elderly parents from their home. It is not just a matter of shelter—it is a matter of love, belonging, and basic human dignity.

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  • Rolf, Dubai

    Thu, Jun 26 2025

    US issues updated travel advisory for India, flags crime, terror, Rape ,Lynching, threats and safety risks for women

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  • J.F.D Souza, Attavar, Mangalore

    Thu, Jun 26 2025

    Apart from taking stringent action against the son the property of the parents if any either be given to their legal heirs like daughters etc. Many such incidence/cases are happening now inspite of stringet laws.

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  • Eva, Kirem

    Thu, Jun 26 2025

    Old parents has to be tolerated by rest of the people at home. Simply ignore their tantrums, blamings, grumblings, forgetfullness etc. This is common in elderly people. Very few are with sound mind after 70. Love your parents at all times and unconditionally

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  • Abdulla, Mangalore / Dubai

    Thu, Jun 26 2025

    Eva, Kirem - Absolutely agree 100%. As it is said - "And honour your parents and show kindness, respect and give them good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them so much as, "uff," and do not repel them but speak to them with noble words.

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  • k b r, Mangala Uru

    Thu, Jun 26 2025

    many women do not treat daughters-in-law fairly ... if they stay with son, they create problem for daughter-in-law. If they stay with daughter, they make nuisance to son-in-law ... many a time they are bad influence on grandchildren also ...

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  • Shoun, Karkala

    Thu, Jun 26 2025

    Really it's sad to hear the news .One day will come when his own son will kick him out or keep him near the garbage. Bcoz karma surely hits back in a hard way .

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  • Flavian, Mangaluru/Kuwait

    Thu, Jun 26 2025

    This is not a situation to crack a joke. Thaere different times & situations. And act accordingly.

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  • Flavian, Mangaluru/Kuwait

    Thu, Jun 26 2025

    Olden times parents were living happily in the family inder the care of son and daughter in law. That trend is slowly but steadily disappearing in the present world. Elderly parents last days are booked in old age homes and pass time thinking about good old days and saying prayers. No other time pass .

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  • Elwyn Goveas, Mangalore

    Wed, Jun 25 2025

    Life is a mirror.It will reflect back.The children who are giving their way of behaviour with their own parents I believe that they will get the same behaviour from their own children.Parents are God.God will punish us.

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  • Agnes, Mangalore

    Wed, Jun 25 2025

    Easier said then done. Only if both hands come together there will be a clap.

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  • J'roam K., Mangalooru

    Thu, Jun 26 2025

    Madam Agnes - you are right. As difficult young children are sent to boarding schools - similarly difficult parents are sent to old age homes...why should it be considered wrong??

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, INDIA

    Wed, Jun 25 2025

    May no parent ever have to see such a day—these days, putting parents in old age homes has become somewhat of a fashion. But no parent, or anyone else, truly wants to live in an old age home. Today, a son has placed his parents in an old age home, but one day, that same old age home might be his fate as well. Rest in peace to the deceased.

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