Homicide: Son murders father over property dispute | Delhi Information

NEW DELHI: A 72-year-old retired MTNL mechanic was stabbed to loss of life inside his house in New Ashok Nagar, east Delhi, on Saturday. Police have arrested the sufferer’s youthful son, who’s suspected of murdering his father over property. The son himself alerted police concerning the homicide however tried to mislead them with a fabricated story.
The deceased was recognized as Gautam Thakur.
Police stated that they acquired a name at 8.40 am concerning the homicide. Mahesh Thakur, the youthful son of Gautam Thakur, advised cops that round 6:15 am, he was alerted by a disturbance emanating from his father’s room. He stated that upon getting into the room, he encountered two unidentified people who assaulted him and fled the scene. Mahesh then knowledgeable his brother and different relations concerning the homicide. A case was subsequently registered.
Nevertheless, throughout the investigation, a number of discrepancies had been found in Mahesh’s account of the occasions. His behaviour all through the method additionally raised suspicion. A police supply stated that he broke down beneath intensive interrogation and confessed to the crime.
Mahesh advised cops that his father had offered a property two years in the past and had utilised a portion of the proceeds to help his elder brother in buying a property in New Ashok Nagar. Lately, Mahesh additionally found that his father was planning to promote the constructing the place the household at the moment resided, together with the elder son, and was retaining it a secret from him. Feeling betrayed and helpless about securing his household’s future, Mahesh deliberate and executed his father’s homicide whereas the remainder of the household was asleep.
Following his confession, he was arrested, and the weapon used within the crime, a big kitchen knife, was recovered at his behest.
Thakur retired from the service within the yr 2012 and was residing along with his two sons and their households in New Ashok Nagar.

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