Tired of son’s drunken ruckus, man kills him

Rajkot:

Tired of his frequent drunken ruckus

, a man strangled his son in Jetpur of Rajkot district. Though the crime was committed 12 days ago, it came to light only on Tuesday when the victim’s body was exhumed. The accused was arrested on Tuesday.

Police said the father, identified as Ramji Dabhi (51), killed his son Mehul (27) and buried his body inside the factory premises where both of them used to work.

“After the body decomposed, it filled the area with unbearable stench and neighbours complained to the factory workers who alerted us. When the body was dug out, the workers identified him as Mehul Dabhi. We knew that Mehul had been missing from his home, but there had been no complaint lodged with us in this regard,” said V K Patel, inspector with Jetpur police station.

After the police interrogated Ramji, he confessed of killing Mehul in a fit of rage and burying his body too.

“Accused said that Mehul was a habitual drunkard and always created a ruckus, and he was tired of the daily ordeal and so killed him. On the night of the crime, when Mehul came home drunk and picked up a fight with him, Ramji killed Mehul and then buried the body with the help of another son,” said Patel.