Udaipur Police arrested Roop Singh Devda accused of killing his 55 year old father over various issues.

Victim Madhav Singh Devda, resident of Singhatwadio ka Wada (Debari Gram panchayat) was found with his head crushed at a farm which belonged to his neighbor. Immediately the Pratap Nagar police team including SP Ajaypal Lamba and AdSP Police HQ Hanuman Prasad reached the crime scene and started the investigation, informed SP.

During the investigation it was found that the victim Madhav Singh was having issues with the family of his elder brother over redistribution of land; the case which is pending in the court. But as the case gradually proceeded, the police found the victim’s son suspicious.

Police interrogated him after which he accepted killing his father for various reasons. The accused revealed that he was annoyed with his father as he refused to lend him money to open a restaurant, said SP.

The accused later disclosed that on 7th April, he kept a close watch over his father and followed him. He killed him using a sharp machine that is used to trim bushes and unwanted plants. He dragged the body to about 20 meters and dumped it at a farm house of the neighbor. Before leaving the place, he smashed his father’s head with a stone, Lamba informed.

SP further added that after committing the crime, he joined his two elder brothers who were in search of their father and misled them. The next morning, the accused went to the farm himself and pretended to have found the dead body.

Odd behavior and thorough investigation later, the police were able to identify the accused Roop Singh and arrested him for his father’s murder.

The police are interrogating the accused Roop Singh about the tool that he used to execute the murder of his father.