*The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Metro* *Thursday , November 4 , 2010 *
A septuagenarian former PWD engineer was found strangulated and bludgeoned to death with his mentally challenged engineer son sitting next to him in their Sinthee home on Wednesday evening. “Preliminary investigation suggests Hiralal Mukherjee, 76, was killed by his son. We have detained him,” said deputy commissioner (north) Biswarup Ghosh. The accused, Bhaskar, had studied engineering at Jadavpur University. Hiralal’s wife Mukul, 70, was rescued from a small room on the roof of the two-storey building, where Bhaskar had apparently locked her up. Hiralal’s screams for help alerted neighbours on Wednesday evening. They called the police. When personnel from Sinthee police station reached the 5/48/1 Dum Dum Road house, the old man was lying lifeless. Investigating officers found strangulation marks on Hiralal’s throat and a wound in his head that probably resulted from a blow with a blunt weapon. An officer said Hiralal was strangulated with a towel and then hit on the head. The towel apparently used by the killer was lying next to the body. “Mukul is also mentally challenged. She kept reciting Tagore’s poetry and quoting the Bhagwad Gita when we reached her. She had done her masters in Bengali. She even told us that her daughter had died of diarrhoea in 2009 but that needs to be verified,” said an officer. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101104/jsp/calcutta/story_13136398.jsp -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/MhaNewsViewsIndia?hl=en ------------- Affiliated Groups : MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY INDIA [email protected] Discussions on mental health law / policy / plan monitoring / human rights etc [email protected] India-specific news and views related to mental health [email protected] Information and support to carers of people with mental health issues [email protected] Mutual support and sharing of experiential knowledge, skills and social learning amongst peers
