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Updated Feb 23, 2021 | 11:59 IST
According to a recent development, the man accused of the spiritual murders in Andhra Pradesh is battling with depression. Naidu is struggling with depression and is in a suicidal state (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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The parents of the two women believed that they could be resurrected through spiritual practices
Visakhapatnam: An investigation revealed that the two daughters in the Andhra Pradesh spiritual murder case were not killed by their mother. Reportedly, the elder daughter Alekhya murdered her sibling. Alekhya was killed by her mother Padmaja.
The parents of the two deceased - V Purushotham Naidu and Padmaja - were admitted to the government hospital for mental care in Vizag where treatment is being administered to them.
Madanapalle Double Murder: Padmaja, Purushotham Suffered From Shared Delusion Disorder Feb 16, 2021, 12:44 IST
Alekhya V and Sai Divya were found battered to death in Madanapalli, by their parents Purushotham Naidu and Padmaja a college professor and the principal of a school, respectively in a trance-like state, claiming that their daughters would “return”.
After the parents were detained, they were found to be behaving erratically. Padmaja did not co-operate with the authorities and claimed she was a god. Her husband too was behaving in a delusional manner. A team of psychiatrists at the Madanapalle government hospital has surmised that the couple, and perhaps even the deceased, may have been affected by a ‘shared delusion disorder’.
TIRUPATI: The couple who bludgeoned their two daughters to death at Madanapalle in Chittoor on Sunday did so with the belief that their children would.