Dad used 2 knives to kill elder son: Kerala cops

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Safeer, the 32-year-old

rickshaw driver

, who allegedly killed his two

sons

and then committed

suicide

, murdered his elder son Althaf brutally, said police. The doctors who conducted the

postmortem

examination of the boy told police that he had attempted to

slit

the boy’s

throat

multiple times using two knives. There were multiple lacerated wounds on the 12-year-old boy’s throat.


Kallambalam SHO inspector I Faroze, who is investigating the case said that Safeer used two kitchen knives to commit the crime. The police have recovered both weapons. It is assumed that Safeer made the first attempt with one knife and since it was not sharp enough, he fetched another one to finish the job.

The postmortem examinations on the bodies of Safeer and younger son Alshad were also conducted on Sunday.

After the postmortem examinations, the three bodies were brought to Vairamala, where Safeer’s wife lived. From there, the bodies were taken to Safeer’s village at Chullimanoor where the funerals were held.