A man was allegedly hammered to death by his son in Ramnagar village of Udhampur district on Tuesday.
Officials said that a man named Gopi Chand son of Dhuni Chand from Kaghote Ramnagar, was taken to Udhampur District Hospital injured but pronounced dead by doctors.
They further stated that after investigation started the victim’s son, Joginder Kumar, was the main suspect in the incident and was detained where he confessed to his crime and the weapon of offense, a hammer was also recovered.
Apparently some verbal duel took place between the father-son duo. “Son, in a fit of anger, attacked his father with hammer while he was sleeping. ” the officials said.
