A drunken man man committed suicide after hacking his son to death over an argument at Fokatpada village under the Dharambandha police station of Nuapada district on Thursday night. According to reports, Sabit Rout (35), had migrated outside the State for work. A few days ago, he had returned home.
Source said that the Sabit, who was in inebriated condition, had an altercation with his father Nakul over parking his motorcycle at home. However Nakul, who was also drunk, attacked Sabit with an axe.
The youth succumbed to injuries on the spot following which the accused lost his mental balance in grief. Later, the traumatised father hanged himself with a plastic rope in his house.
On receiving information, the Dharambandha police reached the spot on Friday and seized the bodies.
The bodies would be handed over to the family after postmortem at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH), said Dharambandha PS IIC Sanjukta Barla.
