A shocking case has been filed from the Rawatpur locality of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, in which a 17-year-old boy is said to have murdered his mother after an argument over loud music. The tragic incident occurred in the afternoon on Tuesday, June 24.
As per Amar Ujala, the boy, a student of Class 12, was washing dishes in the kitchen, listening to music loudly from a speaker. His unwell mother, who was resting in another room, asked him to turn the volume down. When he did not take her instructions seriously, she, as per reports, got angry and hit the speaker.
The dispute, initially being a small quarrel, soon turned violent. The teenager allegedly abused his mother in anger. She hit him twice with a slap in return. Angry, the boy shoved her, and in the scuffle, she began to bleed from her nose. Afraid that she might strike back some more, the boy panicked and, in an outburst of uncontrollable rage, allegedly strangled her with her dupatta (scarf). He then allegedly concealed her body within the storage drawer of the bed.
The widow woman was 35 years old and had been a widow for 17 years. She had two sons, aged 17 and 15, whom she brought up alone. She was living with a marketing man who was out of town in Bareilly on the day of the incident.
Discovery of Body
The younger son, who was a Class 9 student, had attended school normally that day. When he came back home at about 4 PM, he kept on calling out his mother but received no response. During the search, he saw a dupatta draped over the storage unit of the bed. When he opened it, he found his mother lying in there, still faintly breathing, and cried for help.
Neighbors came running after hearing the cries of the boy. With their help, he rushed his mother to a hospital, but she was found dead.
The police were later informed, and the older son was arrested. Under interrogation, he allegedly confessed to the offense. The case is under investigation.
Referring to the incident, DCP West Dinesh Tripathi added that the boy appeared to have ‘psychotic tendencies’ and added, “The issue of the smashed speaker came during the interrogation also.”
