Man arrested for killing own father in Dang

DANG: Police in Dang district have arrested a man on charge of murdering his own father in Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City-8 on Wednesday.

The murder suspect has been identified as Laxman Giri (41) and the deceased as his father Ram Bahadur Giri (63), the local residents.

According to the District Police Office, following a property-related dispute, Giri had struck his father with a rolling pin that killed the latter on the spot in Saudikula yesterday.

Giri was arrested on Wednesday itself and is under investigation, informed the Superintendent of Police (SP) Dheeraj Pratap Singh at the DPO.

The accused, however, has denied the charge of killing his father.

The body has been sent to the Ghorahi-based Rapti Sub-regional Hospital for an autopsy.

Meanwhile, Police are waiting for a postmortem report to confirm the cause of his death.

It has been learned that the accused used to quarrel with his father time and again over the property issues.

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