PATHANAMTHITTA: After brutally killing his parents, the youth created an atmosphere of terror in front of the locals. More policemen and locals reached the spot and subdued the accused.

The incident occurred at Thiruvalla Pulikeezhu Thursday morning at 8:30 am. Krishnankutty (78) of Pulikeezhu Nakkada Asariparambu and his wife Sharada (68) were killed by their youngest son Anil. The accused first killed his father by slitting his throat and then attacked his mother as well. Though the neighbours came running after hearing the commotion, he created an atmosphere of terror with a machete. With this, there occurred a delay in taking the couple to the hospital. The locals said the accused was saying that he has done his duty. He spoke rudely to the policemen who were there. Finally, more police reached the spot and with the help of locals, the accused was subdued. By this time the injured couple had died.

The neighbours and the locals said there were differences of opinion between Anil and his parents for quite some time. Krishnankutty killed was a social activist. The locals said the parents had many times lodged complaints against their son. The locals said the couple used to shift their house from time to time due to the harassment of their son.