Youth goes live on Facebook after stabbing family

Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) A 27-year-old youth in West Bengal's Hooghly district stabbed his family members, killing his grandmother, and then reportedly went live on Facebook after the heinous crime, police said on Monday."Indranil Roy, a resident of Keota Shibtala, attacked his family members on Sunday night. His grandmother Arati Roy, 80, succumbed to the injuries. We heard he did a Facebook live after the incident but we are yet to verify it," a police officer said.Roy's parents received minor injuries but they are now fine. "The accused has been arrested and the matter is under investigation," he added.The officer said "the boy has a history of addiction and had been behaving violently for some days".Talking about the incident, a city-based psychologist said the investigators should verify if the accused was high on drugs or if he has some psychotic illness.
--IANS bnd/ssp/mag/