Bengaluru, Jun 4 (IANS): Police in Karnataka on Saturday arrested a 26-year-old man on charges of killing his mother for not buying him a mobile phone.
The arrested person has been identified as Deepak, a resident of Lucas Layout in Mylasandra.
According to the police, Deepak had allegedly strangled his mother Fathima Mary (50) to death on June 1.
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The accused's sister Joyce Mary had lodged a complaint regarding her mother's disappearance.
Fathima Mary sold greens and eked out a living for the family. She had gone to the farm to collect greens for selling as usual on the fateful day. Joyce Mary had asked her brother to get her mother back from the farm.
Deepak had called his father Arogyaswamy and told him that his mother had collapsed on the roadside. However, Deepak had accepted that he had killed his mother in the interrogation.
Police said that Deepak after meeting his mother had demanded she buy him a mobile phone. The victim said that she didn't have money to buy him one. The accused in a fit of rage strangled her with her saree.
After killing her, the accused had taken Rs 700 from her and had escaped from the spot.
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real kujuma, kodial
Sun, Jun 05 2022because of high inflation mother could not buy mobile phone to her son....RIP...son should have waited till 2024
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Rita, Germany
Sun, Jun 05 2022What to say ?Son strangulate mother for not buying him a mobile phone?He should have bought her one phone instead longing from her.Stupid guy.How old is he ?Not a baby No respect towards mother .She is working and feeding him and family.Because of this phone mania many lives are lost.People have to give first preference for what is important and what not when you find yourself in misery.May her soul rest in peace.
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Rolf, Dubai
Sat, Jun 04 2022By name we can make out 100% Not mobile.
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Flavian, Mangalore/Kuwait
Sat, Jun 04 2022Devil act ! Cannot imagine a mother is strangulated to death. I loved my mother so much and did my best to look after her till her natural. I felt so emotional reading the news. Omg !
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Jossey Saldanha, Raheja Waterfront
Sat, Jun 04 2022Useless Guy ...
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Kudla Stories, Kudla
Sat, Jun 04 2022What kind of days are we facing, what kond of people have we become. We are broken as a society. Unimaginable crime.
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Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai
Sat, Jun 04 2022Addictions to smart phones and mobile games has been added to the long list of addictions in psychiatry! In the US provisions have been made in law to sue gaming companies if children are proven to be chronicslly addicted to certain mobile games!!
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