Pratapgarh, 26 Aug (HS): In the Hathigwan police station area of ​​Pratapgarh district

of Uttar Pradesh, on Monday late night, a son killed his father by hitting him

with a shovel while he was sleeping inside the house. On Tuesday morning, the

police, who got information about the incident, have taken the accused son into

custody and started investigating the case.

Inspector Nandlal Singh said that Vinod

Kumar Mishra (50), a resident of Batua village of Hathigwan police station

area, was sleeping on a cot in the verandah of the house after having dinner on

Monday night. At around 2 o'clock in the night, his younger son Siddharth Mishra

injured his father by hitting him with a shovel.

With the help of the police,

the injured Vinod was taken to CHC Kunda at four o'clock, where doctors

declared him dead. On receiving information about the incident, Additional

Superintendent of Police (West) Sanjay Rai reached the spot with the force and

started investigating the incident.

The inspector said that the accused has

been taken into custody. He was angry with his father over some issue. That is

why he committed the crime. Further action is being taken by sending the body

for postmortem.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi