Mentally unstable man kills aunt, hits mother with brick in north Delhi

A 45-year-old mentally unstable man allegedly battered to death his elderly aunt with a flower pot and injured his mother by hitting her on the head with a brick in north Delhi's Burari, police said Wednesday.

The man, identified as Kanhaiya Kumar, is mentally unstable and was exhibiting weird behaviour in the last two-three days. He was not even eating food properly, his family members told police.

On Tuesday, his mother and aunt came to visit his family and around 10 pm, he picked up a flower pot kept outside the shanty of his neighbour and hit his 65-year-old aunt on the head, police said.

He then picked up a brick and proceeded ahead. When his wife and children tried to stop him, he hit them as well, they said.

The man then hit his 70-year-old mother on the head with the brick, they added.

His aunt was declared brought dead at the hospital while his mother, who sustained severe head injuries, is critical, said a senior police officer.

Kumar is married with three daughter and two sons.