Parmesh Jain
The Hennur police are on the lookout for a construction labourer who along with his friend strangulated his 50-year-old father to death after he refused to pay for his liquor on Sunday.
The deceased has been identified as,Jagadisha,50,
Senior officer told media persons,Initially the family suspected that he died due to excessive consumption of alcohol,but when deceased elder brother muniyappa noticed multiple injury marks on the body and the bleeding nose he suspected something fishy and checked with the neighbours before filing a complaint with the police.
The deceased Jagadisha, a construction labourer was living alone in Vaddarapalya after his wife and two sons separated from him for his alcoholic behaviour.
The accused Raghu,younger son of Jagadisha used to visit him and the duo used to get drunk and fight regularly.
On Sunday Raghu along with his friend Ananda came to meet Jagadisha and saw him counting money.
The duo demanded him to pay for their alcohol for which Jagadisha refused.Soon a heated argument turned into a physical fight and neighbours saw Raghu and Anand dragging Jagadisha inside the house with a towel tied around his neck.
Jagadisha raised an alarm for help but neighbours who used to see them fighting everyday,thought it was a regular fight and did not go to check .
The next day, Jagadisha was found dead at his house.Munianjinappa in his complaint said that Jagadisha was bleeding from his nose and there was ligature mark around his neck and bruises all over his body indicating that he was beaten and strangled to death.
The Hennur police on Monday registered a case of murder and are looking out for Raghu and Anand, who are on the run and further investigation is on he added.
