Man kills mother, commits suicideJun 4, 2012

KOCHI : A mentally-ill person allegedly murdered his mother before committing 
suicide at Avoli near Muvattupuzha on Sunday.

Muvattupuzha DySP M N Ramesh said that the incident occurred when the person, 
identified as Vincent (42), hacked his mother to death and jumped into a well 
situated on the premises of his house. The mother was identified as Marykutty 
(76).

The woman was staying along with her son and daughter at the house for the last 
30 years. On Saturday, the daughter went to the tailor shop where she was 
working. When she returned in the evening, the body of Marykutty was found 
lying in a pool of blood in the kitchen. Though she searched for her brother 
she could not find him. His slippers were found lying near the body.

On Sunday morning, the body of Vincent was found in the well. Police said that 
Vincent was under treatment for mental illness for the last 20 years and he 
used to turn violent at times. According to the police, Vincent picked up a 
fight with his mother and allegedly hacked her to death. Later he committed 
suicide by jumping into the well. The two bodies were sent for post-mortem.

One held for murder: The crime branch on Sunday arrested one person on charges 
of killing a security officer at Kannadikkadu in November 2011. The accused was 
identified as Sarath Das (20) of Kannadikkad in Kochi.

Crime branch officials said Das was arrested for murdering Sathyan (40) from 
Nilanthar in Kannur. Das murdered Sathyan as the latter used to tease him 
regularly. Das was suffering from mental illness for the last several years.

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