A father in Kanpur, India, strangled his son to death on Sunday for turning off the TV during the cricket World Cup final between India and Australia.
With India’s defeat in the final, there was mourning across the country, with at least two reported suicides. India walked into the final without losing a single match in the tournament, hot favourites to lift the trophy in front of a home crowd.
India Today has reported that the murder took place in Kanpur, where a man named Ganesh Prasad was watching the final of the World Cup at home. His son Deepak requested his father to prepare food first, and when his father refused, the son turned off the TV.
The father and son had a subsequent quarrel escalating into a physical fight. Prasad strangled his son with the wire of the mobile phone charger, killing him on the spot.
Police have said that as soon as the incident was reported, they reached the spot and arrested Prasad, who was drunk at the time. When the police arrived at the home after being alerted by neighbours, the body of the boy was lying on the stairs. He was immediately shifted to the hospital.
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