Son kills father

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 22: A young man killed his father by hitting his head with a wooden log in Bathindi area of city outskirts.
“Santosh Lakhera (50), a resident of UP, had some altercation with his son, Deepak Lakhera (22) at their present residence in Bathindi area of Jammu, last evening,” a police official said. He said in a fit of rage the son picked up a wooden log and hit his father in the head, resulting into severe head injury to him.
The official said that the injured man was immediately taken to Government Medical College and Hospital, Jammu, where he succumbed to his injuries late last night. “Today after completion of all medico-legal formalities, the body of the deceased was handed over to his legal heirs for last rites while a case under relevant Sections were registered at concerned police station,” he added.