Mentally challenged youth arrested over gruesome murder of differently abled estate employee
According to the police, Benny and Krishnan had entered into an argument on Wednesday night, following which the latter attacked the former with a knife and broken beer bottle.
According to the police, Benny and Krishnan had entered into an argument on Wednesday night, following which the latter attacked the former with a knife and broken beer bottle.
According to the police, Benny and Krishnan had entered into an argument on Wednesday night, following which the latter attacked the former with a knife and broken beer bottle.
Marayur: Benny Mathew, the supervisor of an estate here and also a differently abled person, was murdered in a gruesome manner on Wednesday night.
The police subsequently arrested Yadu Krishnan, a mentally challenged youth, in connection with the incident.
Benny, supervisor at Kallarakkal estate in Idukki district of Kerala, was also the Munnar area secretary of DAWF (Differently-Abled Persons Welfare Federation).
According to the police, Benny and Krishnan had entered into an argument on Wednesday night, following which the latter attacked the former with a knife and broken beer bottle.
Benny soon succumbed to his injuries. “An examination of Benny’s body found around 40 injuries. His ribs were broken and both hands were fractured,” said a police officer.
The police later took the accused to the scene of the crime for collecting evidence. Krishnan was later presented before a court at Devikulam, which remanded him.
The case is being investigated by a team comprising station house officer, Marayur P T Bijoy; sub-inspectors Bijith Lal, Ashok Kumar and Bobby M Thomas and assistant sub-inspectors Shajahan and Anil Sebastian.