Lapses on his part in taking care of his parents A day after the ordeal of 80-year-old Podiyan and his 76-year-old wife Ammini came to light, the Mundakkayam police on Thursday took their younger son into custody.
According to the police, 38-year-old Reji Kumar, a native of Asambani, near Mundakkayam, was taken into custody in connection with the death of his father Podiyan, allegedly due to starvation. The accused has been charged with Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) as he deliberately denied food, water and medicine to his father despite being aware that it would lead to his death.