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One fine morning, when a woman went to her son’s bedroom, to wake him up for school, little did she know it would become the cause of her death. On December 3, Aarti Devi, a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur, asked her 17-year-old son, Aman, to get up for school. But the teenager wasn’t in the mood. Instead, he got angry and pushed his mother to the ground, leading to a fatal head injury. The case came to light after Aarti’s husband Ram Milan, a scientist at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Chennai, tried calling her multiple times but found the phone to be switched off.

The horror doesn’t end here.

After killing his mother, Aman cut off the CCTV, locked the house from outside and lived with the dead body for four days. When the body began to rot and smell, he started burning incense sticks.

On the fifth day, the teenager decided to step out and sit at a nearby temple.

When Aarti didn’t answer her partner’s phone calls for two to three days, Ram Milan got worried. He dialed his sister-in-law and requested her to check on his family.

The sister-in-law found the house locked from inside. The smell coming from the house was too strong to be ignored. It smelled of crime.

“I flew back to Gorakhpur on December 8. I saw my wife’s body lying in a pool of blood,” said Ram Milan.

The family informed the police who sprang into action and sent the body for postmortem. The boy was found sitting near a pond at a nearby temple.

Initially, the boy informed the police that his mother died due to a fall. He panicked and fled the house and wandered for four days, Aman told Police.

However, the investigation raised questions. Police found bloodstains at two different spots, indicating the body was dragged. They also recovered cash from the teenager’s room.

According to the neighbours, Aman was an addict. He would take up money from his mother in the name of coaching but would spend it on alcohol and drugs. Reportedly, the school too had complaints against Aman.

“During interrogation, the boy confessed on Tuesday evening that on the morning of December 3, his mother asked him to go to school. When he refused, a dispute over money ensued, and his mother threw cash at him in frustration,” Superintendent of Police (North) Jitendra Srivastava told news agency PTI.

Raged, the teenager pushed his mother.

A case has been registered against Aman and he has been sent to a juvenile home.

Aarti Devi used to live with her son in Sushant City in Pipraich, Gorakhpur, while her partner stayed in Chennai for work and her elder daughter was in another city, studying MBBS.

Gorakhpur:

A 23-year-old man allegedly died by suicide after he was sexually assaulted by four men, one of whom he knew through social media, officials said on Monday. The accused allegedly recorded the assault that happened in a hotel on Thursday and demanded extortion money from the victim, threatening that otherwise they would post the video online, they said.

The victim allegedly died by suicide late night on Friday, hours after police lodged an FIR in the case. His body was found by family members on Saturday morning.

Police arrested three of the accused on Saturday and they are still searching for the fourth suspect, they said.

An FIR was registered against Karan aka Ashutosh Mishra, 26, a resident of Chiluatal; Devesh Rajnand, 24, currently residing in BRD Medical College campus and originally from Piprauli; Angad Kumar, 21, a resident of Chiluatal; and Mohan Prajapati, 20, who is still at large.

According to police, the victim was allegedly held hostage in a hotel room in Chiluatal area, where he was sexually assaulted and beaten with a belt by the four men.

He was staying with his brother in a rented house and was preparing for competitive exams, said Superintendent of Police (North) Jitendra Kumar Srivastava.

The SP said the victim began talking to one Karan a month ago on a social media platform. Eventually, Karan invited him to his house in Chiluatal. On Thursday, Karan allegedly took Aditya to a hotel in Rail Vihar, Chiluatal, where three associates of Karan joined them, he said.

Jitendra Kumar Srivastava said they allegedly sexually assaulted the victim and beat him with a belt when he resisted. They allegedly recorded the assault, threatened to release the video on social media, and demanded money in exchange for their silence. They also allegedly transferred money via UPI from the victim’s phone and purchased beer, the officer said.

The victim initially attempted to file a complaint at Shahpur Police Station, but due to jurisdictional issues between Chiluatal and Shahpur, the FIR was not immediately registered, Jitendra Kumar Srivastava said.

On Friday, the FIR was finally lodged under sections 377 (unnatural offences), 384 (extortion), 506 (criminal intimidation) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code, the SP said. Late that night, around 1 am, the victim spoke to his nephew. After everyone had gone to sleep, he allegedly hanged himself from the ceiling. His family found his body on Saturday morning and notified the police, the officer said.

Jitendra Kumar Srivastava said that a case has been registered against all four accused under serious charges. Three of the accused have been arrested, and efforts are underway to arrest the fourth suspect.

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