Chittoor : Two women in their twenties killed by their parents here in a bizarre superstition-related incident shared their parents’ ‘delusionsal’ belief that they will come alive after their death, a senior police official said on Wednesday.
Police have arrested the parents who allegedly killed their children believing they would come alive after cleansing evil in their bodies, Chittoor SP Senthil Kumar said on Wednesday.
The official said the arrests were made on Tuesday and the couple was remanded to judicial custody. “The couple was coherent in their versions as to why they killed their daughters. They may be having some mental issues but they are highly superstitious and highly spiritual,” Kumar told PTI.
“The parents were of a delusional opinion that their daughters possess evil spirits and would come back alive afresh (after their death). We were told that their daughters were also under the same impression,” the official added.
Kumar said it appears the victims…