84-year-old wins property battle in Maharashtra court, hacked to death by son moments after possession handover

CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: Soon after the court-ordered handover of physicalpossession of a property toan elderly man, the 84-year-old was allegedly hacked todeath by his son at Silk MillColony in the city on Thursday, the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar police said.The suspect was arrestedlater in the evening. “Preliminary probe suggests Abdul Rahman Patel, apharmacist, attacked his father, Jafar Kamruddin Patel,with a sharp-edged weaponafter losing possession of theproperty following a courtorder,” said crime branch inspector Gajanan Kalyankar.Jafar Patel’s daughter,who tried to intervene, wasseriously injured and is undergoing treatment, he added.According to inspectorKrishna Shinde, of the Satara police station, the handover was carried out lawfully.“The court had directedthat the property be given toJafar Patel. Officials fromthe SDM office, along withpolice personnel, completedthe process and handed overpossession,” he said.After the formalities, officials and police personnelstepped outside the house. Moments later, Jafar Patelre-entered the premises toensure it was secured.Thatis when Abdul Patel allegedly struck him using a sharpedged weapon, the police said and added that when Abdul’s sister rushed in to saveher father, she too was assaulted.

Hearing the commotion,police personnel rushedback, but the accused hadfled by then.Both victims were taken to a local hospital,where doctors declared JafarPatel dead during treatment,while his daughter continues to remain under care.A senior officer said Abdul Patel has since been arrested. Police commissionerPravin Pawar visited boththe hospital and the crimescene as investigators beganpiecing together the sequence of events.