In a shocking incident, an elderly man was brutally hacked to death by three of his own sons at Chapar under Assam’s Dhubri district on Tuesday.
According to information, the trio attacked their father with a machete following a brief chase in the area. The deceased father, identified as Sopiyal Ali, was brutally hacked with a machete, leaving him lifeless in a pool of blood.
The incident was reported from Saslapura village in the district.
The trio went absconding after committing the heinous murder, sources informed, adding that the reason behind the escalation was due to family dispute.
Meanwhile, local police reached the scene to assess the situation. A manhunt has been launched to trace three accused, police said.
In July 2022, a father was arrested on suspicion of killing his own son, after a body was recovered stuffed inside a gunny sack in Guwahati’s Chandmari locality.
According to reports, the body was found stuffed inside a gunny sack and left lying on the roadside in the Goswami Service area near Chandmari.
The deceased has been identified as Tinkle Sharma. He reportedly stayed at a rented space just opposite to where his body was recovered.
A resident of Belsor village in the Nalbari district of Assam, he was in Guwahati as his sister is undergoing treatment at a private hospital here.
