<p>Thiruvananthapuram: The father of the 23-year-old man who killed five persons, including his brother and girlfriend, on Saturday said that the family did not have any big financial problems.</p>.<p>The police on Friday had said that financial liabilities were suspected to be the motive behind the gruesome mass murder at Venjaramoodu near here recently.</p>.<p>The accused's father, who returned from abroad a day ago, told reporters that "we did not have any big financial liabilities".</p>.<p>"It was not an issue in our family," he added.</p>.LDF, UDF acknowledge rising violence in Kerala, cite drug abuse as key factor.<p>He also said that he does not know what led to the killings and the police will have to investigate that aspect.</p>.<p>Police had said that the family of the accused, Afan, had a debt of over Rs 65 lakh and that it was somewhat clear in the investigation till now that the financial problems pushed him to commit the murders.</p>.<p>Afan, on February 24, allegedly killed his 88-year-old grandmother, 13-year-old brother, girlfriend, paternal uncle and the latter's wife.</p>.<p>He had also brutally attacked his mother, but she survived and is presently undergoing treatment for her injuries.</p>.<p>Afan was arrested on Thursday and remanded to judicial custody till March 13 in connection with the murder of his grandmother.</p>.<p>The murders occurred in three different places that fall under two police station limits --Venjaramoodu and Pangode--and the arrest on Thursday was recorded for the crime committed under the Pangode police station limits.</p>.<p>The arrests in other cases will be recorded later, the police have said.</p>.<p>After committing the crime, Afan had appeared before the police in Venjaramoodu and confessed to the horrific acts. </p>
<p>Thiruvananthapuram: The father of the 23-year-old man who killed five persons, including his brother and girlfriend, on Saturday said that the family did not have any big financial problems.</p>.<p>The police on Friday had said that financial liabilities were suspected to be the motive behind the gruesome mass murder at Venjaramoodu near here recently.</p>.<p>The accused's father, who returned from abroad a day ago, told reporters that "we did not have any big financial liabilities".</p>.<p>"It was not an issue in our family," he added.</p>.LDF, UDF acknowledge rising violence in Kerala, cite drug abuse as key factor.<p>He also said that he does not know what led to the killings and the police will have to investigate that aspect.</p>.<p>Police had said that the family of the accused, Afan, had a debt of over Rs 65 lakh and that it was somewhat clear in the investigation till now that the financial problems pushed him to commit the murders.</p>.<p>Afan, on February 24, allegedly killed his 88-year-old grandmother, 13-year-old brother, girlfriend, paternal uncle and the latter's wife.</p>.<p>He had also brutally attacked his mother, but she survived and is presently undergoing treatment for her injuries.</p>.<p>Afan was arrested on Thursday and remanded to judicial custody till March 13 in connection with the murder of his grandmother.</p>.<p>The murders occurred in three different places that fall under two police station limits --Venjaramoodu and Pangode--and the arrest on Thursday was recorded for the crime committed under the Pangode police station limits.</p>.<p>The arrests in other cases will be recorded later, the police have said.</p>.<p>After committing the crime, Afan had appeared before the police in Venjaramoodu and confessed to the horrific acts. </p>