Man arrested for killing father in Maharashtra

DN Bureau

A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his father in Palghar district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday.

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Palghar:  A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his father in Palghar district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday.

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Mavin D'Souza hit his father Wilson D'Souza (51) with a hard object at their home in Vasai area on Tuesday evening, killing him on the spot, Arnala Sagri police station's sub-inspector Ramesh Gaikwad said.

The police arrested the accused in the early hours of Wednesday and booked him under Indian Penal Code Section 302 (murder), he said.

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The body was sent for post mortem to a government hospital, he said, adding that the motive behind the killing was yet to be ascertained.(PTI)










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