Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala police on Saturday arrested a 25-year-old youth who went missing from his Alappuzha residence after allegedly killing his father.
55-year-old Suresh Kumar, a coir factory worker, was found dead at his house on Wednesday morning.
According to the victim’s wife, there was a drunken brawl between Kumar and his son Nikhil (accused) on Tuesday night over a loan taken for Nikhil's August 28 wedding.
Being bedridden after suffering a fracture in one of her legs, Kumar’s wife was unable to intervene when the brawl took place.
Nikhil was reportedly missing since Wednesday morning.
Alappuzha Police launched a manhunt and took him into custody from Bengaluru. Nikhil will be produced before a local magistrate shortly.
With inputs from IANS