IDUKKI: The 43-year-old man who was arrested on Sunday for killing a seven-year-old boy with a hammer, planned to kill the entire family, said the police on Monday.
The police on Monday brought the accused for evidence collection at the crime scene and recovered the hammer, knife and other weapons he had used to kill the boy and injure his (the boy’s) mother and grandmother on Sunday. The victim’s family was known to him. The incident took place around 3.30am on Sunday.
According to Idukki deputy SP Immanuel Paul, the accused first attacked the mother and then the minor boy. He then went to the house of the boy’s grandmother and attacked her. He also forcefully took a girl related to the boy to the grandmother’s house and attacked her. The girl managed to escape later and informed nearby residents.
“The accused dragged the girl to the house where the boy and his mother were lying in a pool of blood and then sexually abused her in a nearby shed. He planned to escape with the minor girl. A Pocso case has been filed against him,” said the officer.
The accused and another woman related to the boy’s family were living together. This woman had left him recently and this was the provocation for the violent incident. The accused planned to kill all members of both families and had completed all arrangements, Paul said.
Both the accused and the woman had previous marriages. Seven years ago, they started living together. She had evicted him from her home last week. The accused is a resident of Mlamala near Vandiperiyar and had moved here years ago after he and the woman started a new relationship. The accused has another wife and children in Vandiperiyar, said the officer.
Meanwhile, the boy’s body was handed over to his relatives after autopsy on Monday. The condition of his mother and grandmother has improved, said the police.
