Pune: 16-year-old detained on charge of killing father

PUNE: The Khed police have detained a 16-year-old boy, who allegedly bludgeoned his alcoholic father to death.
Police said the teen was subject to verbal and physical abuse by his father, which drove him to this act on August 10. The boy’s elder brother filed a complaint. The suspect has been sent to a children’s home.
A Pune rural police officer said the deceased was a 43-year-old dairy farmer.
Police said the man evicted his elder son on August 9 and got angry with the teenager after he allowed his brother back into the house. He hurled abuses at him and thrashed him all day, besides starving him. Thlost his temper and beat his father to death with an iron rod, police said.