Karnataka: Son dies from gunshot, father found critical with stab injuries

Mangaluru: A 17-year-old student was found dead with a gunshot wound and his father was found lying in a pool of blood with stab injuries at their house in Paade near Ramakunja village in Kadaba police station limits on Saturday evening.

Kadaba police sources said the father, identified as Vasanth Amin (55) and a native of Bettampady villege in Puttur taluk, had shifted to present house in Pade about eight years ago.

Vasanth had contacted a family friend and had informed that his son Mokshith had stabbed him and later had committed suicide by shooting self with a double barrel gun.

When the friend rushed to the house, he found Vasanth with stab injuries lying on the floor and Mokshith dead due to the gunshot. The friend immediately shifted Vasanth to a hospital in Mangaluru.

Close on the heels of Mokshith's death, his mother Jayashri, who was residing in Perla in Kasargod district, rushed to Paada and filed a complaint accusing her husband Vasanth of shooting her son and injuring self with a knife.

Mokshith

Jayashri in her complaint said the land in Paade was registered in her name. Vasanth for some years had been demanding that the land should be registered in his name.

However Mokshith was taking sides with his mother and opposed his father's plans to re-register the land in his name. Due to frequent quarrels, I and my son had left the house and were staying with my parents in Perla, Jayashri said.

A month ago, Vasanth had summoned Mokshith to stay with him. A few hours before the incident, Mokshith had contacted his mother and had informed her that he and his father were travelling together to Mangaluru.

"If anything happens to my life, my father Vasanth should be held responsible," Jayashri said quoting her son Mokshith.

Additional Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar S Bhoomareddy who visited the spot told media people that both father and mother had given conflicting statements leading to the death of Mokshith. The truth will be revealed during a detailed investigation, he added.