Son kills a 45-year-old drunk man for trying to abuse his mom in Andhra’s Visakhapatnam, arrested

Angered that a drunk man tried to abuse his mother, a 23-year-old man bludgeoned him to death. The incident occurred in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam. CCTV footage has captured the accused running after the victim. A few minutes later, he drags the dead body of his victim and puts it down in the middle of the road, which was also captured on camera. The accused has been arrested by the police.

On Sunday morning, the deceased, 45-year-old Srinu, was brutally murdered by Prasad (23) in Visakhapatnam’s Allipuram area.

The drunk man reportedly tried to abuse Prasad’s mother. Upon returning home, she told her son about the ordeal. Angered by this incident, the youth ran after the 45-year-old drunk man and bludgeoned him to death.

The shocking CCTV footage shows the youth running after the drunk man, and a few minutes later, carrying his body back and putting it down on the road near his mother.

POLICE STATEMENT

“The victim, Srinu, was under the influence of alcohol when he teased Gowri, a maid, while she was returning to her home on Sunday morning. The inebriated Srinu allegedly misbehaved with her by trying to catch hold of the woman’s hand. Angry, Gowri got into a heated argument with Srinu. The locals pacified them,” said the police statement.

It further read, “When Gowri called her son and told him what had happened, the angry 23-year-old man came on his motorcycle and reached the spot where he ran after Srinu. He hit him on his face and head with a stone/brick. Then he dragged him by his leg to where his mother was standing.”

“The woman and her son left the place after they confirmed that Srinu had died. Based on the eyewitnesses and CCTV footage, we were able to identify and pick up the youth and his mother and have arrested them,” added the police.