HOWRAH: A youth hacked his mother to death and then tried to commit suicide in Bhairab Ber Lane in the Howrah police station area on Thursday morning. Abhishek Hait was into business and he was in deep financial stress. His wife of two years had left him and moved to her parents’ house because Hait was in debt and the family was going through a crisis.
This morning, when he was having a fight with his mother Krishna over the crisis, he lost his temper and picked up a starp and heavy object and started stabbing his mother, till she fell unconscious in a pool of blood. After this he cut his veins and started bleeding profusely. The screams alerted locals who entered their home and found the two lying unconscious. They were rushed to Howrah General Hospital where Krishna was declared dead. Abhishek too succumbed after a couple of hours.
Police has started investigating and questioning the neighbours. Most have confirmed that the family was neck deep in debt and so Abhishek’s wife had left him recently. The mother and son would constantly fight about the huge debt that the youth had incurred during these Covid months. On Thursday morning things came to a head when Abhishek turned violent, police said.
