Man commits suicide after killing specially-abled 10-year-old son

Team Udayavani, Dec 14, 2021, 12:09 PM IST

Bengaluru: A 40-year-old man died by hanging after killing his 10-year-old specially-abled son on Monday night in Sampangiramnagar locality of Bengaluru

The deceased, Suresh is said to have thrown his son into a water sump before committing suicide near a railway track in Sheshadripuram, police said.

It is gathered that Suresh and his wife, Lakshmi were dejected as their son, Uday Sairam was specially-abled. Later, Suresh developed back problems and he was caught in a financial crisis as he could not arrange money for his son’s treatment.

The next day morning Lakshmi raised an alarm upon finding that Uday and her husband were missing. Upon searching, ahe found Uday’s body inside the sump.Suresh’s body was also tracked by police by the evening.

An investigation is on.

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