A 25-year-old student of a private engineering college here allegedly killed his parents, apparently due to differences with them over his education and career, the police said on Wednesday. After killing his parents, the youth, along with his sister who was unaware of the gruesome killings moved to stay at his uncle’s house.
The accused, Utkarsh Dhakhole, killed his parents at their residence in the Kapil Nagar area of the city on December 26. The double murder came to light only on Wednesday morning after neighbors complained of a foul smell, an official said. After the recovery of the decomposed bodies of his parents, Utkarsh was arrested, and he confessed to killing them, DCP (Zone V) Niketan Kadam said.
The deceased were identified as Liladhar Dhakhole (55) and his 50-year-old wife, Aruna, the official said. "Utkarsh allegedly strangled his mother, a teacher, around noon on December 26 and later stabbed his father, a technician at a power plant and social worker, to death when he returned home around 5 pm. He then left the bodies there," the official added. The motive appears to be a dispute over Utkarsh's struggling academic record and career, he said. "Utkarsh failed to clear several subjects in his engineering course. His parents, therefore, wanted him to quit engineering and choose something else. However, he was against their suggestion," Kadam added.
After killing his parents, he took his college-going sister—who did not know about their murder—to their uncle's residence. He falsely told the relatives that his parents had gone to Bengaluru to take part in a meditation program for a few days. Along with his sister, Utkarsh also stayed at his uncle's place, he said. However, the double murder finally came to light, and he was arrested, the official said.
