Father held for killing son who tried to rape cousin. (Representational Image)
A man has been arrested for allegedly killing his 17-year-old son, who attempted to rape his cousin, in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district, police said Tuesday.
The 40-year-old accused and his elder son were detained on June 29. The boy's father was formally arrested Monday, the police said. They were detained on the basis of an FIR lodged on the complaint of village Sarpanch Manoj Jatav, who had accused the man and his elder son of killing the boy and termed it a case of human sacrifice.
Police, however, ruled out that the incident was a human sacrifice and said the boy used to allegedly molest his cousin and recently also tried to rape her. Irked over this, his father shot the boy dead with a country-made pistol on June 28 and the funeral was conducted the same night.
“The family of the boy's father and his younger brother's family live together in a house in their farm. His brother is a CRPF personnel.
“The boy had been sexually abusing his cousin for some time and he tried to rape her on June 25. When the matter came to light on June 28, his father got angry and opened fire at the boy leaving him dead,” Bhusawar Circle…
