In a grisly crime reported from Shahdara district, a 22- year-old youth murdered his father after a heated argument over property dispute. The accused identified as Aman did not stop there. He hid the body of his father Sandesh Aggarwal (48) in his house for two days and then chopped the body into 25 pieces with the help of one of his friends.

Police said Aman's brother and mother were away in Manali when this fratricide was noticed by his neighbours who  saw Aman carrying a blood soaked bag.

They alerted the police and the accused Aman, along with his friend, was arrested from outside his home in the early hours of Wednesday in Shahdara's Bada Bazaar area when he was about to leave to dispose-off the body parts kept in a car.

Aman runs a small cafe in the Farash Bazaar area of Shahdara. According to Mehgna Yadav, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Shahdara district, a neighbour spotted Aman and his friend from his balcony keeping the two blood-stained bags and packets in a car.

"Suspecting something strange, the neighbour called Police Control  Room (PCR) at around 2.07 am following which a police team reached the spot and arrested the accused Aman along with his friend while they were keeping the bags containing chopped body parts in the car," said the DCP.

The incident occurred barely 300 meters away from the DCP's office and the Farash Bazar police station

"During initial investigation it was revealed that Aman  was pressurising his father  to register a property located in Bholanath Nagar in his name. There have been arguments between father and son on several times," said an official tasked with investigation. 

"It was also revealed that Aman's elder brother and mother were away in Manali for the past few days, the father and son were alone at home and on May 20 night, they had a heated argument and in a fit of rage Aman first assaulted his father and then stabbed him multiple times," said the police official. 

"After killing his father, Aman kept the body in his home and planned to dispose-off the body and evade police arrest. He called a friend to help him in removing the body from his home. They both chopped the body into 25 pieces and stuffed them into two bags and some black-coloured polythene packets bought from a chicken shop," said the police official.

A case of murder has been registered  and the accused Aman his friend have been arrested and further investigation is being carried out to recover the weapon of offence, the police official added.