Man Kills Father With Spade After Being Constantly Taunted For Not Having A Child

A man has been accused of heinously killing his own father with a spade, reportedly in retaliation for the victim constantly taunting the suspect and his wife for not having a child in Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh, India on Wednesday, Sept. 21.

The victim, identified as 55-year-old Shivnarayan Satnami, reportedly frequently scolded and taunted his son, Khelandas, and daughter-in-law, Sangeeta, for not having a child despite being married for 11 years now. On Wednesday, Sept. 21, a heated argument ensued between Satnami and Sangeeta regarding the same issue, during which the patriarch began a shouting match with her, the Times Of India reported.

As their verbal argument escalated, the duo went out of the home on the street. Hearing the heated confrontation unfold, Khelandas, who was also in the house at the time, came out of the residence carrying a spade in his hand, and, in a fit of rage, allegedly attacked his father with the gardening tool, leaving him seriously injured.

Following the attack, Sangeeta and other family members, with the help of their neighbors, immediately transported Satnami to Nagri Hospital for treatment. However, he was later referred to Dhamtari for advanced treatment. Satnami succumbed to injuries at a private hospital on Wednesday, Sept. 21, NDTV reported.

Following this, local authorities were alerted about the incident. The officers later arrested Khelandas at his home.

"Prima facie, it seems that Khelandas was fed up with being constantly taunted by his father. In a fit of rage, he allegedly murdered him," an official said.

The officers have launched an investigation into the incident and a further probe is underway.

In a similar but unrelated incident, a man has been accused of bludgeoning his own father to death after the elderly patriarch asked him to stop playing loud music at night in Lakha village, Ludhiana, Punjab, India on Monday, July 11, Latin Times reported.

The accused, identified as Karam Singh, 25, has been booked for the murder of his father Jagroop Singh Jupa, 55 after he allegedly thrashed his father to death for asking him to stop playing loud music at night.

On Monday, July 11, at around 9:30 p.m., when Karam started playing loud music, Jagroop asked Karam to turn off the music. Following this, the father-son duo engaged in a heated argument which soon turned physical, and Karam picked up a wooden log, charged at Jagroop to attack him, and bludgeoned his father to death on the spot.

After killing his father, Karan tried to flee the scene. However, locals quickly alerted the police, who immediately launched an investigation into the incident and arrested the accused for murder.