Man kills dad, stepmom over property dispute

Kendrapada: Police in Jagatsinghpur district arrested on Sunday a 42-year-old man on charges of killing his father and stepmother over property dispute.Identified as Dilip Parida of Teretanga village under Balikuda police station, the accused worked as a security guard in a rice mill in Cuttack.

He came to the village on Sunday on Raja and had an argument with his father, Satyananda Parida (72) and stepmother Charulata Parida (50) over property issues after which he attacked them with an axe on Sunday afternoon.Locals rushed the duo to the community health centre at Balikuda, where doctors declared them dead. On being alerted, police rushed to the village and arrested the accused. “We also seized a blood-stained axe from the spot.

The accused was booked under Section 103 (murder) of BNS.Police seized the bodies and sent them to the district government hospital at Jagatsinghpur for autopsy. “We are investigating the case,” said Jagatsinghpur SP Ankit Kumar Verma.Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had been pressuring his parents to sell land to help him settle his financial obligations. On Sunday, he urged the same but his parents abused him. In a sudden rage, he attacked both with an axe. The accused had also had a long relationship with his stepmother for a long time,” added the officer.