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GURUGRAM: The man who killed his father and critically injured his mother in Shivaji Nagar’s Laxmi Garden on Monday, thought his parents did not love him and had done “black magic” on him.

Police said Rishabh Mehta (32) had been undergoing treatment for mental illness for the past 17 years and harassing his parents for years.

Rishabh allegedly stabbed his father Sushil (60) first with a knife at their home in on Monday evening. When his mother Chander (55) tried to intervene, he attacked her as well. Chander’s condition is critical and she is undergoing treatment at AIIMS in Delhi.

In fact, on Monday, he started an argument with his parents, and in a fit of rage, allegedly picked up a knife from the kitchen and attacked Chander. When Sushil intervened, Rishabh stabbed him. Drenched in blood, Chander rushed out of the house and approached her brother-in-law Jawahar, who lives in the same street.

Jawahar and some neighbours rushed to the spot and informed Rishabh’s younger brother Mayank and police. “I was at the market when I got a call from my uncle that Rishabh had stabbed our parents. I rushed home to find him lying in a poll of blood,” Mayank said.

He tried to rescue his father, but was also attacked by Rishabh and sustained injuries in his right hand. Neighbours came to their rescue and he took his parents to the Civil hospital in Sector 10, where doctors declared Sushil brought dead. Chander was referred to AIIMS.

During investigation, it was found that Rishabh is mentally ill and has been undergoing treatment for several years.

On the basis of Mayank’s complaint, a FIR was filed under sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder ) of the IPC at Shivaji Nagar police station. On Tuesday police handed over the body to family members after autopsy.

Sushil Mehta ran a small metal workshop, while Mayank is a cab driver. Rishabh is unemployed.

Rishabh was under the illusion that his parents didn’t love him and had done black magic over him. Due to this, he used to argue with them and beat them. “When anyone tried to intervene, they faced his wrath too. Due to this, people had stopped intervening. On Monday, we heard noises, but ignore it considering it one of their regular fights,” Ajay, a neighbour said.

“Rishabh was arrested and taken into three-day police custody,” said police spokesperson Subhash Boken.

