Youth kills father in Gujarat for reprimanding him over petty issue

Ganesh scolded his younger son Shankar for switching off the lights of the house, which enraged Shankar and as a result, he attacked his father with a stone on his head.

Surat:The Gujarat police nabbed a youth for killing his father for reprimanding him over switching off the lights at their house in the Hari Darshan Society of the Amroli area in Gujarat. ACP RP Jhala said that the deceased, Ganesh Sawai, who hailed from Odisha, was survived by two sons. The accused was identified as Shankar and he suffers from mental illness.

Ganesh scolded his younger son, Shankar, for switching off the lights in the house, which enraged Shankar and as a result, he attacked his father with a stone on his head. Ganesh died on the spot and the older son informed the police when he returned from work and found Ganesh in a pool of blood. The police have taken Shankar into custody and registered a case against him. The police also commenced a probe into the incident and started enquiring the neighbours about the incident.

In a separate incident, a 22-year-old man smashed his aunt's head with a hammer and left her to die because she did not give him money and her car for a trip to Ladakh. The matter came to light when the victim, Satviri's husband, Gajveer Singh, 65, who was out to attend a wedding in Modinagar, returned home and found her body lying in a pool of blood with severe injury marks on her head. Bulandshahr SSP, Shlok Kumar, said, "A police team with a sniffer dog was sent to the crime scene. The sniffer dog went to the penthouse where Sagar, the nephew, was present, along with his friends, and started barking at him. Suspecting his involvement in the crime, the police took him into custody for questioning and he was later arrested."