Thane: In a shocking incident from Thane's Dombivali area, on February 22 a 20-year-old college student killed his 68-year-old retired father in a fit of rage. The Tilak Nagar police station of Dombivali have registered a murder case against the accused and arrested him on Thursday, February 23.
The incident occured on Wednesday evening in a village in Khambalpada area of Dombivali (East). The accused has been identified as Tejas Shinde (20) a college student from Dombivali.
The son crushed father's head with stone while he was sleeping
Ajay Afale, senior police inspector, Tilak Nagar police station said, " The accused Tejas Shinde crushed the head of his father with stone while he was sleeping and later slit his throat with a vegetable knife. His father was working as a security guard in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and he retired 10 years back. He was staying with his son Tejas and wife in Khambalpada's Shivananda Bhoomi Chawl in Dombivali."
Afale further added, "The deceased Shyam Sunder Shinde fell ill some months back and since then his relationship with his son Tejas Shinde started deteriorating. The accused retired father always used to have fight with his son and he also imposed many restrictions on the accused. Feeding off the father's strict nature the accused son took such a drastic step. After killing the father he himself called the Tilak Nagar police station and informed about the murder.
The accused mother went out of home on February 22 for some work and after that the accused Tejas had a fight with his father and in fit of rage and frustration he decided to put an end to regular fights by killing his father informed police officer from Tilak Nagar police station.
"The accused walked at Tilak Nagar police station and surrendered himself. We arrested him and produced him before the Kalyan district sessions court which gave him police custody till 26th February, 2023. We are further investigating into the matter" said Afale.
