Gujarat man kills son, held
October 18th, 2010 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANSSurat, Oct 18 (IANS) A man who killed his 10-year-old son in a fit of depression over mounting debt and then cooked up a story of his son’s kidnap-cum-murder has been arrested in Gujarat’s Surat city, police said Monday.
According to police, Mukesh Markada (32) turned up at a city hospital Sunday with the body of his 10-year-old son, Yash, claiming that he had been killed by his kidnappers.
Mukesh told police that Yash, who studied in Class 4, had been kidnapped a day earlier for ransom.
He claimed the kidnappers demanded Rs.50 lakh. He said he established contact and paid them Rs.12 lakh but they delivered the boy to his car in a comatose condition.
Police doubted his story and questioned him. On Monday, he admitted killing his son.
According to police, Mukesh was under a debt of over Rs.50 lakh. In a fit of depression he decided to kill his son then commit suicide.
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Tags: city police, comatose condition, depression, gujarat, kidnappers, ransom, rs 50, suicide, surat city