Salem: Sons tie alcoholic dad to cot, throw him inside well

Salem: In a bizarre instance of patricide near Salem, two youth, angered by their father's frequent drunken brawls at home, killed him on Saturday night.

Police said Munivel, 25, and Sathish, 20, took this extreme step of finishing off their 55-year-old father, Jayaraman, a daily wage worker of Mecheri near here, as he started coming home drunk every day in recent months.

Jayaraman’s liquor addiction became a constant source of friction and fights in their home and last night he again returned home drunk and started quarrelling with his wife and sons. His family were constantly irritated by the constant behaviour of their father.

Disgusted with their father's behavior, a his two sons tied him to a cot and threw him inside a well, police said, adding, both Munivel and Sathish were arrested on Sunday.

After neighbours alerted the police, Mecheri station cops rushed to the spot and recovered Jayaraman's body from the well and sent it for post-mortem.
Further investigations are on.