30-year-old Man Kills Father in Udalguri District

A Correspondent

TANGLA: In yet another incident of patricide, a 30-year-old man allegedly killed his father at their house in Barangabari near Dimakuchi in Udalguri district on Saturday night over a trivial dispute. The family members informed the police and handed over the accused. Reportedly, a heated argument ensued between the deceased Byartha Kujur and accused, Santosh Kujur. Sources said Santosh picked up a quarrel with his father over a trivial issue and beat him to death with a stick in a fit of rage. Few days back, the deceased had borrowed his son Santosh’s bicycle and had not returned it. When the youth came asking for the bicycle, a verbal duel ensued between the two resulting in the crime.

Meanwhile, Dimakuchi IC, Maheswar Sarmah informed this correspondent that the accused has been booked vide Dimakuchi P.S case no. 89/18 vide 302 of IPC. Further investigations are going on, he added.