Samrala village boy hacks grandparents to death over ‘property dispute’

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 28

A 17 year-old boy hacked his grandparents to death at Lal Kalan village in Samrala yesterday over an alleged property dispute of his father with the deceased. He first attacked them with a baseball bat and then an axe to brutally kill them.

The deceased have been identified as Darshan Singh (75) and his wife Surinder Kaur. The police registered a case against the accused yesterday. The boy, who is a student of Class XI, is yet to be arrested.

Samrala DSP Harwinder Singh said the accused’s father had a property dispute with his grandparents and his father was asking them to transfer the property ownership on his name but they were not agreeing to the same.

The accused’s grandparents had started living at a rented accommodation near Doraha due to the issue.

Yesterday, the deceased had visited the house to meet their son and grandchildren. When they entered the house, the accused and his sister were at home, Afterwards, he locked both of them in a room and killed them.

He first hit them with a baseball bat and then he brought an axe and brutally attacked them. The boy had repeatedly attacked his grandparents with the axe, due to which they were killed on the spot.

The DSP said after killing his grandparents, the accused had himself called the police and informed the villagers.

Police sources said a few days ago, the deceased also had a scuffle with their son and the grandson during which the victim had suffered minor injuries.

The sources said recently, the grandfather of the boy had misbehaved with his mother due to which the accused wanted to teach a lesson to him.