Man admits to killing Kerala nun, then denies

A “mentally deranged” man, who in a drunk state confessed to killing 69-year-old nun Sister Amala at a convent in Kerala, on Friday denied whatever he said a day earlier, according to police.

The nun was found lying in a pool of blood in her room, with a sharp cut on the head on Thursday morning.

Police in Kottayam have formed eight teams to solve the nun’s murder at a convent in Pala. The convent housed 38 inmates. The post-mortem report said the nun was hit with a heavy object. Late Thursday night, the 45-year-old man was picked up by the police in Mahe and confessed to the killing.

A police official said the person was “mentally deranged”.