A man allegedly killed his 28-year-old son after a heated dispute arose between them over speaking loudly on a mobile phone in a village located in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district, police said on Wednesday.
The incident took place at Pipra village, around 30 km from Nagpur city, on Monday, and the victim died during treatment at a hospital the next day, an official said.
Ramrao Kakde, the accused was arrested following the incident, he said.
According to the official from Bela police station, Kakde hit his son, Suraj, with a steel rod following a heated argument after the latter objected to his loud phone conversation. Suraj was taken to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday.
According to police, the father-son duo was under the influence of liquor when the incident took place.
Kakde was booked under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 302 (murder) and was arrested, he added.