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In a shocking incident, a 23-year-old man in Kerala killed five people, including his grandmother, uncle, aunt, 13-year-old brother, and girlfriend. According to the police, the man planned to commit suicide along with his mother and brother as he had run up a debt of Rs 65 lakh from 14 creditors.

The accused, identified as Afan, planned to kill himself after committing the murders of his family, but then killed his girlfriend as he thought she would not be able to live without him.

According to NDTV, Afan killed his grandmother, paternal uncle and aunt, 13-year-old brother and girlfriend in three houses in and around Venjaramoodu, a suburb of Thiruvananthapuram. He also attempted to kill his mother, but she survived.

After committing the murders, Afan walked into the Venjaramoodu police station and surrendered.

Afan Planned Suicide

Afan’s family was being harrassed by creditors over the repayment of the debt. He was reportedly upset with his grandmother and paternal uncle and aunt as they did not help his family financially.

Receiving no help, Afan tried to convince his mother and 13-year-old brother to die by suicide with him. However, when the two did not agree to his plan, he decided to kill them before dying by suicide himself.

After assaulting his mother, he left the house thinking she was dead and went to his grandmother’s home, where he killed her and stole a gold necklace. He then went to the house of his paternal uncle and aunt and killed them, too.
Afan’s father, who lived in Saudi Arabia, returned after the murders and said that he was not aware that the family’s debts had risen to Rs 65 lakh. He said he knew that Afan had a debt of Rs 15 lakh, including a bank loan and a loan taken from a relative.