J-K: Man accused of killing elderly father arrested

A 31-year-old man, who brutally killed his elderly father, was arrested from a forest area in Ramban district, a police officer said today.
Nazir Ahmad had fled from the scene after attacking his 70-year-old father, Abdul Majeed, with an axe in Chabba Dhamote village during an argument over some family issue on November 19.
"The accused was arrested yesterday from Ganote forest area where he was hiding for the past week," the officer said.
Majeed, who had suffered grievous injuries in the attack, died at the Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu on November 21.