A father killed his minor son for molesting a minor girl in the family (Image for representation | Photo: Reuters)

The case of the death of a 16-year-old boy in Bharatpur took a shocking turn after it was discovered that the boy was murdered by his own father. Initially, after the boy's death, the case was reported as an incident of human sacrifice.

Inderjit (38) shot dead his minor son Rajvir (16) alias Gabbar on June 28 for trying to rape a girl.

According to the police, Inderjit often asked his son to not watch pornography on his cell phone. Rajvir had been molesting his cousin for a long while. On June 25, he tried to rape her.

The girl who had until then kept quite about the molestation told her aunts about it, who complained to Inderjit about Rajvir.

Inderjit was furious and got into a heated argument with his son and shot him with a country-made pistol.

The funeral was hurriedly carried out by family members. In order to avoid suspicion people were told that it could be a case of a tantrik making human sacrifice. Someone informed the police about a charred body in the fields.

Police found evidence pointing towards a murder. The police detained Inderjit, who has since admitted to his crime. He said he killed his son to save family honour.

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