THUMBUR (THRISSUR): A man hanged himself after drowning his three-year-old son in a bucket full of water. Binoy (47) was found hanging dead in a shed behind his house near Ayyappankav Temple in Velookkara Panchayat in Mala, and the body of his son Abhijith Krishna was found drowned nearby. The police said that the preliminary conclusion is that Binoy took his own life after drowning his son in a bucket full of water.

On Wednesday morning, when Binoy's wife woke up, she saw the dead bodies. Binoy, who was an expatriate, was running a lottery business. He was reportedly suffering from financial difficulties and health problems. Binoy, a heart patient, was fitted with a pacemaker. He was said to be in mental distress after the doctors found that his son had a lack of speaking ability.

Wife: Mini. Eldest son Abhinav is a 9th standard student of LBS MHS School, Avittathur.