An Assistant Professor, who taught Philosophy at St Stephen’s College of Delhi University, was found dead under highly mysterious circumstances on Saturday evening.
His highly decomposed and decapitated body was found on the railway tracks at Sarai Rohilla Railway Station and his mother Lissy (55) was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her house with her mouth stuffed with cloth at their flat in Ashiana Apartment in Pitampura.
“Preliminary investigation suggests that the young guest Assistant Professor identified as Allen Stanley (27) first killed his mother and then ended his life by jumping before a running train. It appears to be a case of matricide and suicide as well,” said a senior police officer on Sunday. However, no suicide note was recovered with Stanley’s body, but a note written in Malayalam was found at the flat.
Police said they have registered a murder case under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code at the Rani Bagh Police Station after they found his mother’s body in the flat.
It has been learnt that the mother-son duo was in depression because of an abetment-to-suicide case pending against them in Kerala, and both were out on anticipatory bail. A few days ago, Stanley — who hailed from Kottayam in Kerala and was also pursuing his PhD from IIT Delhi — had shared about the case with his friends who tried to convince him to not take any extreme step, a police officer said.
Stanley was living in Delhi for the last five years and his mother came to stay with him seven months ago. Witness said Stanley was suicidal and they said he had told them five days ago that he had tried to force his mother to commit suicide but she refused.
“The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination and further investigation was being carried out to ascertain facts that could have led Stanley to take extreme step,” said a police officer tasked with the probe.
“We learnt about the tragic news this morning. We are in shock. I had interacted with him when we were speaking to teachers in the lead up to Delhi University Teachers’ Association polls. We do not know what prompted him to take such a step. He was teaching Philosophy at the college,” said professor Nandita Narain, who was Stanley’s colleague at Stephen’s.