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A 17-year-old boy, the son of a scientist working at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, allegedly killed his mother in a fit of rage and then tried to mislead his father and the police by painting it as an accidental fall.
According to the police, the teenager confessed to killing his mother at their home in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, and was apprehended. This came to light after a detailed investigation, which was conducted after the post-mortem report contradicted his previous account, officials said.
Police said the victim died after her son, a Class 11 student, pushed her and her head crashed against a wall on December 3. In a panic, he locked her body inside the house and was aimlessly wandering for four days before the police found him outside a Shiva temple.
“After two hours of questioning, the teenager admitted that he pushed his mother during an argument, leading to a fatal head injury," said Superintendent of Police (North) Jitendra Kumar Srivastava.
When the boy’s father, who works as an assistant scientist at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Chennai, found her phone switched off for two days, he sent his sister-in-law to check the house on December 7, police said. The house was locked from the outside and, on returning to Gorakhpur the following evening, he found his wife’s body on the floor, they said.
They said further investigation raised suspicions as bloodstains were found at two different spots, indicating the body was dragged, adding that CCTV footage showed that no outsider had entered the house.
Police further said they recovered large amounts of cash in denominations of Rs 500, Rs 200, and Rs 100 from the boy’s room. “During interrogation, the boy confessed on Tuesday evening (December 10) that on the morning of December 3, his mother asked him to go to school. When he refused, a dispute over money ensued, and his mother threw cash at him in frustration," Srivastava said. “In a fit of rage, he pushed her, causing the fatal injury."