A youth allegedly slit the throat of his father for money at Byagrahadevi Sahi under the Buguda police station in Ganjam district.
The accused was identified as Dhoba, son of Surendra Pradhan.
Surendra was working as a daily labourer in Andhra Pradesh. During lockdown, he had returned to his village due to rapid spread of COVID-19 infections in the neighbouring State.
Dhoba, who was unemployed, was financially dependant on his poor father, who was struggling for livelihood.
As Surendra was not able to bear his son’s daily expenses, the duo indulged in scuffle following which the 22-year-old youth slit his father’s throat with a sharp knife used for cutting thermocol. He ran off leaving his father in a pool of blood. The neighbourers rushed the victim to the Buguda PHC . After his condition deteriorated, he was shifted to the MKCG Medical College Hospital in Brahmapur.
Police registered a case and managed to apprehend the accused, who was absconding after the incident.