Nashik: Father-Son Duo Hack Neighbour To Death, Surrender With Victim's Severed Head
According to initial investigation, the duo and the victim had a long-standing family dispute. The police have arrested the accused man and detained his son, whose age has not been confirmed yet.
A father-son duo allegedly hacked their neighbour to death in Maharashtra's Nashik district with an axe and a sickle. Later, they took the victim's severed head with them to the local police station to surrender.
The incident took place in Nanashi village of Dindori taluka on Wednesday morning. The police have arrested the accused man and detained his son, whose age has not been confirmed yet, news agency PTI reported.
The 40-year-old Suresh Boke and his son murdered their neighbour, who has been identified as Gulab Ramchandra Waghmare (35). Following the incident, they went to the Nanashi Outpost police chowki with the victim's head and the murder weapons, an official said.
The official told PTI that the locals damaged the house of the accused father-son duo and set their car on fire when they got to know about the incident. The incident has triggered tension in the village.
Due to the prevailing situation in the area, the local police along with personnel of the nearby police stations as well as the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) were deployed for security reasons.
According to initial investigation, it has been discovered that the duo and the victim had a long-standing family dispute. "They had lodged police complaints against each other on December 31. The next day, Boke and his son killed Waghmare on the suspicion of helping his (Boke's) daughter to elope," the report quoted the official as saying.
"While Boke was arrested, his son was detained. Both of them were handed over to the Dindori police for safety reasons. They will be produced in a court on Thursday. Security has been stepped up in the area and the situation is under control," the official said.
On the basis of a complaint lodged by the victim's wife, Minabai, a case was registered at the Peth police station on Wednesday night under sections 103 (1) (murder), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 351 (2) (3) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), PTI reported.
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