A 22-year-old engineering student who stabbed his mother to death at their Mulund home on Saturday and tried to end his life by jumping in front of a local train was believed to be depressed, the police have said. Jayesh Panchal was rescued and admitted to a private hospital for head injuries. While he is still unconscious, police sources said the mother and son were depressed. Jayesh was reclusive, they said.

“I love you, Daddy, I have killed my mother… I am responsible for her murder,” wrote Jayesh in a note.