Peddapalli: A mentally sick housewife allegedly beat her two sons with bricks killing one on the spot and critically injuring another. The mind-numbing incident occurred in Sapthagiri Colony in Godavarikhani town of Paddapally District on Monday.
Police said while Ajay, 11, died on the spot, the younger boy Arya, 9, suffered grievous injuries and breathed his last in a hospital. They said Srikanth and Ramadevi couple had two sons. The woman suffering from mental illness used to fight with her husband as well as with her sons frequently. Observing her mental illness, a private school management sacked from a teacher job. She was under mental treatment for some time.
On the occasion of Shivrathri festival on Monday, Srikanth went out to market to fetch puja materials after locking the gate of the compound wall. With this, Ramadevi burst into anger and attacked her two sons with bricks indiscriminately killing one boy on the spot and injuring the other grievously. On return from the market, Srikanth entered the house and shocked to see his sons in a pool of blood and raised a hue and cry. The neighbours rushed to the spot and shifted the younger boy Arya to the government hospital at Karimnagar. However, the boy breathed his last during treatment. (NSS)