In an incident reported from Delhi's Burari, a 45-year-old mentally unstable man allegedly took a flower pot and beat-up his 65-year-old aunt to death and injured his 70-year-old mother by hitting her on the head, police said Wednesday.
According to police, the man identified as Kanhaiya Kumar. He was allegedly behaving in a bizarre manner and was not eating properly for the past few days leading to the incident, his family told police.
"The incident occurred on Tuesday at around 10 pm when the accused person's mother and aunt came to visit his family in Burari, where he lived with his wife, three daughters and two sons. He picked up a flower pot from outside his neighbour's place and started hitting his elderly aunt," a senior police official said.
Kumar then picked up a brick and started hitting his mother on the head, severely injured the elderly woman, siad police, adding that
they were rushed to the hospital where the aunt was declared brought dead. The mother's condition is still critical, police said.
"A case has been registered at Burari Police Station and the accused has been arrested under section 302 (dealing with murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)," a senior police official tasked with the case said.