Elder son thrashes aged father over property row

Tirupati: An octogenarian N Munikrishnaiah (80) was brutally attacked by his elder son Vijaya Bhaskar and daughter-in-law Neeraja at Anantaveedhi here on Tuesday morning over property sharing row.

According to locals, Munikrishnaiah has been living in his own house for the last 25 years. He has two sons and younger son is living in some other place.

Vijaya Bhaskar and his wife are living along with Munikrishnaiah. On Tuesday morning, a heated argument broke between father and son regarding sharing of property. But, Munikrishnaiah has rejected his son's proposal. Unable to digest his father refusing to distribute property between him and his brother, Bhaskar thrashed him with an iron rod and a stick and his wife threw red chilli power in Munikrishnaiah's eyes.

Locals came to the rescue of Munikrishnaiah and shifted him to Ruia Hospital. The victim registered a complaint against his elder son and daughter-in-law with West police station. A case was registered against the accused Vijaya Bhaskar and Neeraja.