A man gunned down his son after he asked him to turn down the volume of the music he was listening to at night at a village in Mizoram's Aizawl district.
A man gunned down his son after he asked him to turn down the volume of the music he was listening to at night at a village in Mizoram's Aizawl district.
The man 51-year-old man HV Lalthawma, who was drunk was listening to music late at night at Sihpir village on his tape recorder at a high volume when his son, Lalruatfela, asked him to turn it down as it was disturbing neighbours, Aizawl District Superintendent of Police Lalbiakthanga Khiangte said on Wednesday.
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When his 26-year-old son left after reprimanding him, Lalthawma, followed him with a SBBL gun hidden under his shawl and shot him fatally when he came out of a relative's house, Khiangte said. The son who was shot on Monday night succumbed to his injuries at around 1:15 am on Tuesday morning at the nearby Presbyterian Hospital in Durtlang.
The father, who went into hiding was arrested, Khiangte said.