Two brothers kill father over property in Amritsar, held

After killing Harpal on the intervening night of May 4 and May 5, accused Davinder Singh and Shamsher Singh allegedly hid the murder weapon and secretly cremated the body.

Two brothers have been arrested for allegedly hacking their 60-year-old father Harpal Singh to death with a spade over a property dispute at Karhyal village in Bhindi Saidan, police said on Wednesday.

They also immersed his ashes in a drain, stated the first information report (FIR) registered on the statement of inspector Yadwinder Singh. (Representative image)

After killing Harpal on the intervening night of May 4 and May 5, accused Davinder Singh and Shamsher Singh allegedly hid the murder weapon and secretly cremated the body. They also immersed his ashes in a drain, stated the first information report (FIR) registered on the statement of inspector Yadwinder Singh.

“We were stationed at a naka near main chowk in Shahpur village when we got a tip-off about the incident. We rushed to the residence of the accused and questioned them, but in vain. However, when we intensified our interrogation, Davinder confessed to the crime,” said Yadwinder, also the investigation officer on the case.

He said, “The accused said they killed their father as he did not allot his property in their names. Besides, they also alleged that their father’s character was not good and people had in past complained about it.”

Amritsar rural police arrested the brothers and charged them under Sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).