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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’.
Purushotham and Padmaja have decided to engage the services of Madanapalle-based lawyer Sambasiva Reddy instead of availing the legal services of Krishnamachari and his team
TIRUPATI: Madanapalle double murder accused V Purushotham Naidu and his wife Padmaja, who are said to have used dumbbells and a trident to kill their two young daughters last month, apparently treated the objects to be Lord Shiva’s ‘damruks’ and ‘trishul’. They also believed that their daughters Alekhya and Sai Divya, if ‘sacrificed’ that way, would return back to life in a purer form.
This was disclosed by the girls’ father to Nakka Rajini, the lawyer who is part of senior advocate P V Krishnamachari’s team, who met Purushotham and Padmaja at Madanapalle sub-jail before they were shifted to the mental care hospital in Visakhapatnam. It may be recalled that Krishnamachari was approached by old students of the accused parents, requesting him to provide legal assistance to the couple.