Man kills disabled mother by pushing her in front of train in Chennai

CHENNAI: Frustrated by his inability to care for his 71-year-old mother, a wheelchair user, a 44-year-old man pushed her onto the railway tracks in front of an approaching express train at Manavur railway station in the Tiruvallur district on Tuesday night, killing.

Key points

• This person worked as a contract employee at the Heavy Vehicles Factory in Avadi and earned around Rs 12, 000 a month, was additionally facing financial difficulties.
• The accused, S Parthasarathy, was arrested for murder by the Arakkonam Administration Railway Police on Wednesday and remanded in custody.
• Padmavathi had been admitted to Tiruvallur GH on August 6 after falling ill and was discharged on August 16.
• As the Yelagiri Express approached the station, Parthasarathy allegedly pushed his mother and fled, around 7 pm.
• Her husband, a former central administration employee, died in 2007.

Meanwhile, the victim, S Padmavathi, was run over by the Yelagiri Express. It doesn't have a stoppage at the station, and her dismembered body and the wheelchair were afterwards spotted on the tracks by passengers.

For context, the accused, S Parthasarathy, was arrested for murder by the Arakkonam Administration Railway Police on Wednesday and remanded in custody. Padmavathi had been suffering from neurofibromatosis, a condition that causes lumps to develop in the body.

Her husband, a former central administration employee, died in 2007. She was receiving a monthly family pension of Rs 15, 000. Parthasarathy, the youngest of her three sons, was taking care of her and his unmarried, disabled elder brother at their house in Manavur. Man took support to carry mom before murder.

Police remarked Parthasarathy. This person worked as a contract employee at the Heavy Vehicles Factory in Avadi and earned around Rs 12, 000 a month, was additionally facing financial difficulties.

His wife and two daughters allegedly obtained separated from him as of his drinking. He was additionally unable to send them any capital, police noted.

Padmavathi had been admitted to Tiruvallur GH on August 6 after falling ill and was discharged on August 16. Parthasarathy took her home but her continued illness and dependency on him continued to his frustration. She was seriously ill and unable to speak.

On Tuesday evening, he allegedly took his mother in a wheelchair from their house to Manavur railway station. He sought the support of passengers to carry the wheelchair up the steps to the platform and took her to Platform 3, where express trains pass through. When passengers questioned him regarding taking his mother to the isolated platform, he allegedly informed them that he was taking her to their native place.

As the Yelagiri Express approached the station, Parthasarathy allegedly pushed his mother and fled, around 7 pm. Passersby afterwards spotted her body and alerted the railway police. Her body was sent to Arakkonam GH for postmortem.

CCTV footage from the station supported police identify Parthasarathy. After which a team led by inspector Kavitha traced and arrested him near his house on Wednesday, the RPF informed the Arakkonam GRP.

Taken together, the developments around man kills disabled mother by pushing her in front of train in point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.