Kerala: Son held for assault on aged mother

KOZHIKODE: Police have arrested a 63-year-old man – who is a co-accused along with his three sisters – for physically assaulting their 93-year-old mother over a property issue at Mathamangalam in Kannur.
On Wednesday, Peringome police arrested Raveendran PV for assaulting his mother Meenakshi Amma. His siblings, identified as Saudamini, Ammini and Padmini, are absconding.
According to the police, Meenakshi Amma was residing with her younger son Mohanan at Polur near Mathamangalam after the death of her husband.The four accused allegedly assaulted her and forced her to sign a document handing over a property (comprising 25 cents), which belonged to a deceased daughter, in their name.
Police registered a case on the basis of a complaint by CV Sheeja, the wife of her younger son Mohanan.
The incident happened on Dec 15 and the alleged torture came to light after children, who were playing in the courtyard of the house, recorded it on their mobile phone. tnn