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16-yr-old held for killing his father in a fit of rage

Boy ‘smashed’ a pipe on father’s head when he was thrashing wife
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New Delhi, August 25

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A 16-year-old boy was apprehended here on Sunday for allegedly killing his father in a fit of rage.

The police said the boy allegedly smashed a plastic pipe on his father’s head when the man was beating up his wife in Rohini, resulting in his death.

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“On Sunday, a call was received at 10.58 am regarding the murder of a person at the Aman Vigar police station,” a senior police officer said.

The man’s body has been preserved in the hospital for postmortem, the police said.

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Initial inquiry revealed that the deceased used to beat up his wife and children on trivial issues under the influence of alcohol, said the officer.

“On Sunday, the deceased picked up a quarrel with his wife and was thrashing her, when his son intervened and hit his father’s head with a plastic pipe which resulted in his death,” said the officer.

The police said an FIR under relevant sections of the BNS has been registered in this regard.

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