Man charged with stabbing his father with a 'sharp instrument' after dispute

SINGAPORE: A man was charged on Wednesday (May 12) with attacking his father with "a sharp instrument" and leaving stab wounds on him.

Prasanth Saravanan, 21, was given one charge of voluntarily causing hurt to his father by means of a sharp instrument.

The alleged incident occurred at 11.23pm on May 10 at a pavement between Blocks 26 and 27 in Ghim Moh Link.

The court heard that Prasanth has pending charges for fraud, and had been arrested for failing to attend court under a section of the penal code for breach of home leave under the prison's mandatory aftercare scheme.

No bail was offered to him.

According to an earlier police statement, they were alerted to a case where a 41-year-old man was attacked by his son and suffered multiple injuries.

The victim was taken conscious to hospital but his son left the scene before the police arrived. Preliminary investigations suggest that both men had a dispute before the incident.

The accused was identified and arrested within four hours of the reported incident.

If convicted of voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous means, he could be jailed up to seven years, fined, caned, or given any combination of these penalties.