The Arakkonam Railway Police have arrested a 51-year-old man for allegedly pushing his 75-year-old mother onto a train track, which resulted in her death, near Tiruvallur on Tuesday (August 18, 2026).
A senior official from the Government Railway Police said Parthasarathy had been living with his mother, Padmavathi, in Thiruvalangadu village. Padmavathi’s late husband was a retired Central government employee, and she suffered from health issues due to old age. Parthasarathy, an alcoholic, would regularly buy liquor using his mother’s pension money.
When he asked Padmavathi for money on Tuesday as they were proceeding towards the Thiruvalangadu railway station, she refused. Parthasarathy, who was already in an inebriated state, pushed her onto the tracks, killing her instantly.
The Arakkonam Railway Police, on being alerted, sent the body to the Tiruvallur government hospital for a post-mortem and arrested Parthasarathy.
Published – August 19, 2026 03:03 pm IST
