NEW DELHI: A 31-year-old man stabbed his mother (50) over a dozen times for refusing to fund his ambition to move to Canada. Police have arrested the accused. The woman, Geeta, succumbed to her injuries.
Police said the family of the accused, Krishan Kant, was opposed to his desire to move abroad until he got married. His addiction and unemployment had already resulted in strained family relations. On Nov 6, Kant made a phone call to his father, Surjeet Singh, asking him to come home.
"Upon arrival, Singh found his son apologetic and yet calm, instructing him to go upstairs," police said. There, he discovered Geeta's lifeless body, battered beyond recognition. Neighbours rushed her to hospital, where she was declared brought dead.
Deputy commissioner of police (southeast) Ravi Kumar Singh said they received a PCR call at 4.58pm from a hospital about the admission of a woman who was declared dead. The incident took place in southeast Delhi's Molarband.
Inquiry revealed that at the time of the incident, only Kant and his mother were present at home. He attacked her with a knife that he had bought three days ago. Cops are probing whether the murder was planned in advance. "He showed no remorse for killing his mother," a senior officer said.
The accused, a graduate who was also preparing for International English Language Testing System, was struggling with drug addiction. On the day of the murder, at 2pm, he appeared to be behaving normally after lunch. However, an hour later, a heated argument erupted between him and his mother, which escalated into a violent confrontation that resulted in her death.
Singh, a property dealer, has his office in Jaitpur. His other son, Sahil (27), works in a bank.
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