Chamarajanagar: Son kills father for not giving him money to drink alcohol
Chamarajanagar, October 27: A liquor addict crushed his father to death for not giving him money to drink at Thammadahalli village in the district on Friday night.
The deceased has been identified as tender coconut vendor Mahadeva Nayak (65) of Thammadahalli . Chamarajnagar rural police registered a case.
His son Swamy has been demanding money for consuming liquor every day. On Friday night also, he asked money from his father. When his father denied amount, he became angry and attacked his father. As he attacked his father with a stone, Mahadeva Nayak sustained head injury and died on the spot, it is said.
Swamy’s wife Mamatha gave a statement to the police that it was a common scene for her at home. On Friday night, he killed his father in an inebriated condition, sources said.
However, the accused also gave a statement that he did not kill his father. There was a quarrel at home. Both of them have sustained injuries and he has done anything wrong, he added.
Meanwhile, Mahadeva Nayak’s daughter Pushpa said that her brother used to quarrel with her father every day. On Friday night also, he developed a quarrel with her father and in a wrath, her brother killed her father. He should be punished, she said.
When the accused tried to attack family members while shifting the body to the district hospital, public thrashed him black and blue. Chamarajnagar rural police arrested Swamy and sent him to police custody.
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Gujarat Titans beat Rajasthan Royals by 58 runs
Ahmedabad, Apr 9 (PTI): Gujarat Titans beat Rajasthan Royals by 58 runs in their Indian Premier League match here on Wednesday.
Chasing 218 for a win, the Royals were all out for 159 in 19.2 overs.
Shimron Hetmyer top-scored for RR with a 32-ball 52 while captain Sanju Samson chipped in with a 28-ball 41.
For GT, Prasidh Krishna took three wickets while Rashid Khan and Sai Kishore got two each.
Earlier, Sai Sudharsan struck a breezy 82 to help GT post 217 for 6.
Sudharsan's 53-ball innings was studded with eight fours and three sixes, while M Shahrukh Khan and Jos Buttler made 36 each.
Brief Scores:
Gujarat Titans: 217 for 6 in 20 overs (Sai Sudharsan 82, Jos Buttler 36, M Shahrukh Khan 36; Maheesh Theekshana 2/54, Tushar Deshpande 2/53).
Rajasthan Royals: 159 all out in 19.2 overs (Shimron Hetmyer 52, Sanju Samson 41; Prasidh Krishna 3/24, Rashid Khan 2/37, Sai Kishore 2/20).
