Ujjain police on Wednesday arrested the three boys for killing one Babulal Gurjar in early hours of Tuesday.

INDORE: A 13-year-old boy, with assistance of his two friends, hacked his father to death with an axe, after the latter beat him up for skipping school in village Silodia of Ujjain district .

Ujjain police on Wednesday arrested the three boys for killing one Babulal Gurjar in early hours of Tuesday.

Gurjar’s body was found wrapped in a blanket in an abandoned building following which Bhatpachlana police had launched an investigation.

The accused, a student of standard IX, broke down during interrogation and revealed that he had killed his father to take revenge for beating him up around 8-10 days ago for skipping school. The boy showed the investigators marks on his body to substantiate his actions, Bhatpachlana police station in charge Amit Bhabor told TOI.

The accused hatched the plan to eliminate Babulal and summoned his cousin and a friend home at around 3am on Tuesday, he said, adding his mother Shiva Bai had left for Sipawara village to tie rakhi to her brother, when the minors entered the house.

The accused hit Babulal with an axe, as he was was sleeping on the cot, multiple times, without giving him an opportunity to defend. They later wrapped his body in a blanket and threw it in the dilapidated house nearby.

“The accused felt that the tall grass in the area will prevent detection of the body. They returned to wash the blood off the cot and axe. Their blood-stained clothes were burnt,” Bhabor said.

The next day, the boy woke up in the morning, followed a normal routine and went with his friends to watch a religious procession taken out in Kharsadokala. In the evening he returned, watched television for some time and went to play kabbadi with his friends.

Police found his initial statements suspicious following which he was grilled, leading to his confession.

The three minors have been arrested and will soon be produced before a magistrate, the inspector said.

