The young man attacked his father with a sickle.
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Under the influence of alcohol, a young man was beating his wife and children. When the father went to save him, the young man attacked him with a sickle. The family took the old man to the hospital, but his life could not be saved.
Naidunia Representative, Burhanpur. In Shahpur, the son killed his father by hitting him with a sickle. The matter is of Khamni village of Shahpur police station area on Saturday evening. The young man, under the influence of alcohol, was beating his wife and children, whom the father had gone to save. This angry young man attacked the father with a sickle, due to which he died after some time. Police have arrested the accused 35-year-old Dilip Prajapati.
The accused was beating his wife and children
Police station in-charge Akhilesh Mishra said that Dilip had reached home after drinking alcohol on Saturday evening. He started beating his wife and children over some issue. Seeing this, when his father Digambar Prajapati came to save him, the accused Dilip also attacked him with a sickle. Due to which Digambar was seriously injured.
Took to hospital but did not survive
In critical condition, his brother-in-law Dhanraj Prajapati, Pannalala of the locality, Kailash Mahajan, Shriram Patil took him to the hospital. After investigation the doctors declared him dead. Apart from the police station in-charge, SDOP Nirbhay Singh, FSL team had also reached the spot. The police have seized the scythe used in the murder and arrested the accused.