In a shocking incident, Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur police on Sunday arrested a man for allegedly killing his 50-year-old mother to get her back. INR India Today reported that he had taken out a 50 million yen insurance policy to settle his mountain of debts.
According to Fatehpur police, Himanshu was addicted to online gaming using an app called Zupee and had racked up a huge debt due to repeated losses.
Himanshu allegedly stole the family’s jewelry and used the money to buy the equivalent of a life insurance policy. INR500,000 yen each to the parents. Later, his father strangled his mother to death while visiting a Hanuman temple near Chitrakoot, police said.
The incident came to light when Himanshu’s father returned from Chitrakoot and found his wife and son missing from the house. After asking the neighbors, they learned that Himanshu was seen near the river bank on a tractor.
The police were then alerted and Prabha’s body was recovered near the Yamuna river on February 21, 2024. Himanshu was arrested soon after. During police interrogation, Himanshu admits his guilt and reveals the shocking murder of his mother by his addicted son to pay off his debt.
“During interrogation, he (Himanshu) revealed that he had sold his relative’s jewellery, for which he was reprimanded by his father.The accused was also slapped once or twice and pressured to take back the jewellery. “Moreover, he was losing.” “Paying money in some games led to pressure to repay debts. For this purpose, he murdered his mother and threw her body on the banks of the Yamuna river. It is…,” India Today quoted Fatehpur police ASP Vijay Shankar Mishra as saying.
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