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Man kills 65-year-old father with shovel following an argument in UP's Etah
The incident took place in the evening following an argument between the two in a field in the village after which the man killed his father.
A 35-year-old man on Tuesday allegedly killed his father with a shovel in Maanpur village in Uttar Pradesh's Kotwali Dehat, the police said.
The incident took place on Tuesday evening after an argument broke out between the two in a field in the village in Etah district, where the duo was irrigating, after which the man killed his father. As per reports, he kept on shovelling until his father, Jagdeesh (65), was dead.
Vicky alias Jai Babu, Jagdeesh's younger son, ran away as he saw family members coming towards the crime scene.
Jagdeesh had two sons — elder son Satendra and Vicky. According to media reports, Jagdeesh was the owner of 18 bighas of land, out of which he gave five to Vicky.
On Tuesday evening, around 5pm, Vicky went to water the farm when he found Jagdeesh sitting on a tubewell. The father-son duo got into a heated argument and in rage, Vicky hit Jagdeesh on his head with a shovel.
As per eyewitnesses, he did not stop hitting him until Jagdeesh was dead. After killing his father, Vicky fled the spot.
Soon after, the Uttar Pradesh police including Station House Officer (SHO) Shambhunath Singh, Senior Sub Inspector (SSI) Ajab Singh and Circle Officer (CO) Vikrant Dwivedi reached the spot.
A forensic team along with a dog squad also reached the village to probe the case, news agency PTI reported.
Upon investigation, it was found that Vicky had lived separately for five years. However, there was no partition in the house between the two brothers.
As reported by Live Hindustan, the land had not been divided between Vicky and Satendra as their father was still alive. Satendra said that there was no dispute regarding the land in the house.
Vicky is still absconding and police teams are searching for him.
