Meerut: A 15-year-old boy stabbed his father, a police constable, to death with a kitchen knife after he refused to give him the keys to the family’s car at their home in Yamunapuram colony in Bulandshahr, police said on Thursday. At the time of the incident, four family members were at the house: Praveen Kumar, his son, his wife, and the maternal grandfather.
Praveen Kumar, 42, a head constable with the vigilance department of the UP police, had recently been transferred to Bulandshahr from Agra.The boy stabbed him in the chest and abdomen on Wednesday evening while his mother tried to stop him, SP (City) Shanker Prasad confirmed. “He died while being taken to a hospital in Noida. The minor has been apprehended and a case of murder has been registered against him,” he said.
Family members said that the boy often stayed out late with his friends and used the car without permission. “He was their only child, studying in Class 10 at a prominent private school,” said Vishambar Dayal, his maternal grandfather. “He was always close to his family, but in the past few months, his behaviour changed suddenly.”