A head constable of Chandigarh Police who was allegedly shot dead inside his house by his teen son had told him to wait till he turns 21 to marry his girlfriend, the police have said.
Armaan was arrested in the case and later released on bail. “On Thursday evening, Armaan had an altercation with his parents. She, however, escaped and rushed to rooftop and alerted her neighbours. He wanted to marry a girl and wanted to marry her immediately.
Nitin Singh, who was posted with the accounts branch at the police headquarters, was found dead at his government residence in Sector 22 with a gunshot injury to his head on Friday, a day after he had an argument with his 18-year-old son, Armaan. But his parents insisted that he could go ahead with the marriage only after he turns 21,” police officer Sudesh Kumar told the news agency PTI.
A senior police officer said that Armaan — who has now been arrested — also tried to harm his mother by grabbing her by the neck. A neighbourer said that after the incident, Armaan tried to portray that someone from outside entered the house and his father.
Armaan was putting pressure on his parents to marry his girlfriend, while they insisted that he should wait till he turns 21, the legal age to get married for men in India, according to preliminary investigation.
