Man allegedly hacks son to death during drunken brawl

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A drunken argument between a man and his son ended with the father allegedly hacking the youth to death at their house near Ulloorkonam in Thiruvananthapuram last week. As per the Pothencode police, the incident took place around noon on Thiruvonam day, Friday, but came to light only on Sunday. They said Unnikrishnan confessed to hacking his son Ullas, 35, to death at his house in Navodaya Nagar close to Karyavattom Greenfield Stadium. He is being interrogated in detail, said an officer. The police said Unnikrishnan, 60, went to a neighbours house around 6 am on Sunday and told them that his son had injured his head and was bleeding. He sought the neighbours help to take him to the hospital. However, when the neighbour and others reached the house, they found Ullas dead, and immediately alerted the police. An officer said the incident appeared to have taken place around noon on Friday. They suspect that a drunken argument between the father and son escalated into violence. The police said the duo used to fight frequently under the influence of alcohol and that this had prompted Unnikrishnans wife Usha to live separately. At the time of the incident, only the father and son were at the house. Ullass wife had gone to her family home in Chengannur with their two children two days before the incident, said an officer. It is not clear at present why Unnikrishnan waited two days to approach the neighbours. There are some suspicious elements in the case. We are continuing the investigation, said an officer. Forensic experts, fingerprint specialists and a dog squad examined the scene. The body has been shifted to the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital for postmortem examination. The police are waiting for the autopsy and forensic examination reports to ascertain the exact cause and sequence of events that led to Ullass death.