KANPUR: A man allegedly tied his 22-year-old 'alcoholic' son to a tree and beat him to death in Bidhnoo’s Dhirpur village late Sunday night.
According to police, a heated argument had taken place between Iqbal Singh and his son Bablu, who was in an inebriated state, at their home in Dhirpur village of Bidhnu on Sunday night. Angry with his son for often quarreling with him and the other family members after consuming alcohol, Iqbal allegedly tied Bablu to a ‘ber’ tree and repeatedly hit him with a stick.
Bablu later succumbed to injuries, police said, adding that Iqbal and his two sons have been taken into custody for questioning.
According to villagers, after the beating Bablu was left tied to the tree all night. In the morning, when his younger brother Rohit reached there, Bablu was already dead. At this, he raised the alarm. Later, the family including Bablu’s father started preparations to cremate Bablu.
However, when Rishi, his elder brother living on the outskirts of the village, came to know about the incident, he rushed to the spot and protested and alerted the police about the incident.
The police took the accused father and two other brothers of the victim into custody and initiated an investigation after dispatching the body to the mortuary.
Inspector, Bidhnoo, Amit Kumar Mishra, said that the youth was an alcoholic, due to which his father got angry and tied him to the tree and beat him up severely.
The father and the two brothers have been taken into custody and are being interrogated. “Further action will be based upon the autopsy report and other evidence, besides eyewitnesses,” said Mishra further.
