KANPUR: A 65-year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by his 38-year-old mentally challenged son at Mahera village under the limits of Biwanr police station in Hamirpur district on Friday. The accused also injured his mother.
Police identified the deceased as Jageshwar and the accused as Dalchandra.
Preliminary inquiries revealed that Dalchandra, who was mentally ill, killed his father when the latter was working in the fields.
“On Friday morning, Dalchandra went to the fields where his father Jageshwar was working. An argument broke between the father-son duo and Dalchandra attacked his father with a knife. He also attacked his mother. Jageshwar was rushed to hospital where he succumbed to wounds,” said SP Hamirpur Narendra Kumar Singh.
Biwanr police sent the body to government hospital for an autopsy and took Dalchandra into custody.