MEERUT: A 20-year-old man was arrested in
Bulandshahr for allegedly killing his
father following an
altercation during
dinner at their
residence on Sunday.
Later, the accused walked up to the
local police station and surrendered. He confessed to the crime.
"The incident happened on Sunday night at Devipura locality within limits of Kotwali police station in the district when the accused, enraged over an altercation at the dinner, initially attacked his father with a stone and then with a knife inflicting fatal injury on the head," Santosh Kumar Singh, Bulandshahr SSP, said on Monday.
According to sources, deceased Rashi Singh, 50, was an alcoholic and had frequent altercations in the family, including the one on Sunday night.
The critically injured man was rushed to a local hospital where he was declared dead upon arrival. His body was sent for postmortem and
FIR under relevant sections of
murder has been registered.