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BENGALURU: A 19-year-old boy allegedly stabbed his father to death for beating his mother in Subramanyanagar police limits in the early hours of Tuesday.

Revanth was miffed over his father Shivashankar, 45, a drunkard, harassing his mother continuously. All his efforts to convince Shivashankar to give up his drinking addiction had gone in vain.

Police said Shivashankar started beating his wife in the late hours of Monday. It went on till the wee hours of Tuesday and ended with an enraged Revanth stabbing his father twice in the chest. Shivashankar was brought dead to hospital. Revanth, a first-year B Com student of a Rajajinagar college, has been taken into custody.

