Delhi man kills schizophrenic son, lured him to shipping container on pretext of doctor visit
A 64-year-old man and an associate have been arrested for the murder of his 38-year-old son in Delhi. The father allegedly lured his son, who suffered from schizophrenia, to an abandoned shipping container before killing him.
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The case highlights issues surrounding mental health care, family dynamics, and violent crime in urban India.
A 64-year-old man and his associate have been arrested for allegedly killing his 38-year-old son, whose body, with severe injuries, was found inside an abandoned shipping container near the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in south Delhi’s Kalindi Kunj on August 22, police said on Saturday.Police said the accused first smashed the victim’s head with a stone and then strangled him.Mental health-related problems and schizophreniaThe 64-year-old disclosed that he killed his son, Gul Hasan, with the help of his 49-year-old associate, as Hasan has been suffering from mental health-related problems and schizophrenia, police said.
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