Dharashiv man booked for killing father with iron pipe after refusal of money for mobile phone

A man has been accused of beating his own father to death with an iron pipe in the Dombale settlement of Yewati village in Tuljapur taluka of Dharashiv district. The incident is said to have happened after he was refused money to buy a mobile phone. It has caused shock across the area.

The deceased has been identified as Khandu Pandurang Dombale, 56. The accused son is Shrishail alias Babalu Khandu Dombale, 29.

According to information from the police, the incident took place at around 11.30 pm on November 10 in the Dombale settlement of Yewati. Shrishail had asked his father, Khandu Dombale, for money to buy a mobile phone. The father refused, and the two began quarrelling over it.

Police said that after the refusal, the son began abusing his father. In anger, he then beat his father brutally with an iron pipe. Khandu Dombale was seriously injured in the assault and died as a result of the beating.

After the incident, the deceased's wife, Khurekha Khandu Dombale, 50, filed a complaint at the Naldurg police station on November 11. On the basis of her complaint, police have registered a case of murder against Shrishail alias Babalu Dombale under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

The killing of a father by his son has left people in Yewati and nearby areas angry and grieved. The incident has also revived discussion on serious crimes arising from disputes within families. Naldurg police are carrying out further investigation.