Man, wife booked for starving his parents to death

Villagers suspect foul play in elderly couple’s death on same day and report matter to police

A man and his wife who allegedly neglected his parents, sheltered them under a tarpaulin shed and eventually starved them to death last month, were booked for culpable homicide here on Monday. The incident was investigated by Munagala police at Thummagudem village of Mothe mandal in the district, where the elderly couple Ramachandra Reddy, 90, and his 80-year-old wife Anasuyamma incidentally breathed their last on May 27. The final rites were performed silently without any delay and their bodies buried on the village outskirts. The event which caused a shock among the villagers, who also suspected something fishy as the elderly couple died the same day, was reported to the police prompting an investigation. With the intervention of the Revenue department, the police later exhumed the bodies and a post-mortem was conducted. “The couple’s death was caused by lack of water and food, and they were exposed to extreme weather conditions,” the police said.