Delhi Police Launch Patricide Probe After Son Allegedly Kills Father Over Rent Dispute
The home is cordoned off; the body has been moved to Lady Hardinge mortuary; witnesses are being questioned under a newly registered patricide case.
Overview
- On June 26, 22-year-old Bhanu Pratap allegedly attacked his 45-year-old father Vinod in a Paharganj park over unpaid rent and later threw stones at his head.
- Vinod was found unresponsive at his residence late on June 27 after a PCR call by his cousin Sheetal reporting domestic violence.
- Police registered a murder case on June 28, cordoned off the Valmiki Mandir area home and transferred Vinod’s body for a post-mortem at LHMC.
- Eyewitness Farman and local physician Dr. Faiyaz have been interviewed to reconstruct the park altercation and assess Vinod’s head injury.
- Investigators are probing the roles of family members, including Kusumlata and a woman named Geeta, to uncover underlying financial and relational tensions.