In a disturbing incident of Meelik Tola of Sakraili panchayat in Bihar’s Katihar district, an elderly man was mercilessly beaten by his son and the visuals of the same has gone viral. As per sources, the man was allegedly beaten because he had sold one kattha of his land for his own treatment which infuriated his son.
Father (Baldev Mandal) was first dragged by his son (Pankaj Kumar Mandal) and then was beaten up by lathi. The elderly man was seen crying for help but the people were mere spectators of the crime. This incident created no panic among the villagers. Later, a woman took the lathi from the accused.
As per sources mentioned, the elderly man was admitted in nearby hospital while his son is said to be on run. The police is in search of accused.
Such incidents on atrocities on parents are frequent in Bihar. In a similar incident, last year in Bihta area around 40 km west of Patna, Munirka Yadav and his wife Ramsundri Devi were shot dead by their younger son because they refused to part with their pension money.
In recent past, from different pockets of Bihar, instances of violent crime like mob lynching, murder over property dispute, rape, cattle theft, witch hunting have been reported.
Especially, mob lynchings have been witnessed in various parts of Bihar over the past few months. Earlier this month, two persons including a boy in his early teens were beaten to death in Nalanda district by a mob which was agitated over the murder of an RJD leader whereas in Araria district of Bihar Mohd Kabul, a 55-year-old man being beaten to death in a remote village by a mob which accused him of cattle theft.
At outskirts of Patna in Bariyarpur village of Bakhtiyarpur, cattle thieves killed Nawal Prasad Singh, a retired subedar of the army for resisting cattle theft, just a week ago.
