Man kills his parents and throws bodies in Gomti river, Uttar Pradesh

Police have arrested a man for allegedly killing his elderly parents over family disputes and disposing of their dismembered bodies in the Gomti river here, officials said on Thursday.

The incident took place in Ahmadpur village under the Jafrabad police station area, they said.

The police said the accused, Ambesh, killed his father, Shyam Bahadur (61) and mother Babita (58) following a dispute over money and family issues.

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Superintendent of Police Ayush Srivastava said the accused first bludgeoned his mother with a pestle used for grinding spices on the night of December 8. When his father intervened and tried to call the police, he struck him on the head with the same object and later strangled him to death with a rope.

Srivastava said the accused later cut the bodies into pieces using an iron rod-cutting saw, packed them into six plastic sacks and dumped them into the Gomti river using his car.