Hyderabad: Alcoholic kills grandmothers for cash

Hyderabad: Angered with his grandmothers for refusing to give their pension money, a man hacked them with a sickle at his home during the early hours of Wednesday. 

Parigi police said that the man was not drunk, but became upset when the elderly women refused to give him money.

The incident, according to Parigi police, took place during the early hours of Wednesday. 

The accused, Mala Shiva Kumar, who is in his early 30s, works as a labourer. He is an alcoholic and used to go home drunk every night. Shiva Kumar and his mother were living with his grandmother Mala Anthamma, 73, and her cousin Mala Buchamma, 75, in Shiva’s house.

At about 6 am on Wednesday, Shiva picked up an argument with the two elderly women, asking for their pension money. 

When they refused, Shiva became angry. While Anthamma was inside the house, he picked up a sickle and attacked her, causing multiple bleeding injuries.

After she died, he cleaned the blood and then went outside the house and attacked Buchamma. Locals tried to catch Shiva, but he also hit Ramulu with the sickle. 

“Locals overpowered him and handed him over to Chengomul police. Buchamma was rushed to the Vikarabad government hospital, where she was declared brought dead,” said the police.

Parigi inspector Y. Mogulaiah said, “A case of murder has been registered against Shiva and we produced him before a court for judicial remand.” 

Responding to a query, the inspector said, “Sale of alcohol was prohibited till Wednesday morning in connection with the counting of the polls. Shiva got angry when the women refused to give him money.”