80-year-old man stabbed in Kochi succumbs to injuries
An 80-year-old man in Kochi has died after being stabbed by two individuals in an attack related to a domestic violence case involving his son. The suspects have been arrested and are expected to face murder charges.
Why it matters
The incident highlights issues of domestic violence and retaliatory crime, drawing attention from local legal and social organizations.
An 80-year-old man who was allegedly stabbed by two men in Kochi on August 13 has succumbed to his injuries. Mohandas of Murikkumpadam, near Puthuvype, died at a private hospital in Kochi around midnight on Monday, sources close to the family said.
Mohandas had been undergoing treatment after the attack which reportedly occurred after his son, a lawyer, took up a domestic violence case against one of the accused.
According to the FIR registered by the Njarackal police, the accused, Puthuvype natives Duster and Dynaster, allegedly trespassed into Mohandas’s house in search of his son, T.M. Dolgove, who was not present at the time. Mohandas sustained injuries to his chest and neck in the attack.
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