Hyderabad, August 29: A man allegedly killed an elderly woman and seriously injured her son, on the suspicion that the duo were practising sorcery in Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh, police said today.
The deceased, S Rajavva (60) died on the spot after sustaining head-injuries while her son S Malaiah (45) who suffered stab-injuries was undergoing treatment at a hospital, after one Rajender attacked them last night in Walvonda village of Mallapur mandal of Karimnagar district, they said.
“Rajender’s father died following ill-health last year.
But, he suspected that his father died due to sorcery and accused the mother-son duo of practising sorcery that resulted in his father’s death,” a police officer attached to Mallapur police station said.
“Angered over the sorcery act, Rajender in an inebriated condition went to Malaiah’s house and first stabbed him and later hit the old woman with a stick,” the police officer added.
Following a complaint from Malaiah a case has been booked and Rajender would be arrested, he said.
—Agencies