Parents found dead at home in Kerala; son held

Twenty-seven-year-old Anoop, a native of Kadamkode here, was taken into custody after his father and mother were found dead in their home.The deceased couple were identified as Appunni 67 and his wife Yashodha 62.A senior police officer said there are people who saw the accused beating up his parents.The son is suspected to be a drug addict, he said.The father was a heart patient and he was just back home after completing treatment at the hospital.

An elderly couple was found dead in their house in this north Kerala district, and their son was taken into custody over suspicion that he had beaten them to death, police said on Wednesday. Twenty-seven-year-old Anoop, a native of Kadamkode here, was taken into custody after his father and mother were found dead in their home.

The deceased couple were identified as Appunni (67) and his wife Yashodha (62).

A senior police officer said there are people who saw the accused beating up his parents.

The son is suspected to be a drug addict, he said.

''The father was a heart patient and he was just back home after completing treatment at the hospital. There are people who saw him beating both the father and mother,'' the officer told PTI.

During the interrogation, it was confirmed that they were beaten up by the son, he said.

Whether the beating was the cause of death can be ascertained only after post-mortem examination, he said.

A detailed interrogation of the man is on, but the arrest is yet to be recorded, he added.