UP teen who killed his father played Ravan with elan in Ramlila; he stayed reserve, say neighbours

LUCKNOW: With police recreating the crime scene on Tuesday, the new details in the gruesome case of patricide in the Aashiana on Monday threw light on the calculated manner in which the 19-year-old boy murdered his father and attempted to conceal the crime.

According to investigators, the boy shot dead his father, a pathologist and liquor trader, around 4.30 am on Feb 20, using a licensed rifle.


His sister is believed to be the only eyewitness. He was arrested and sent to jail on Tuesday.

What baffled investigators is that, despite the firing, no one else in the same building—including tenants on the third floor and relatives on the first floor—reported hearing the gunshot.

After the murder, the boy allegedly brought the body down from the fourth floor to the ground floor and used a manual saw to cut it into pieces. To prevent suspicion, he reportedly sprayed room freshener repeatedly to suppress the foul smell.

Police sources said the accused packed severed hands and legs in a sack and disposed of them near a canal in the Para area. The remaining torso was hidden inside a blue drum kept in the house, which he purchased from the market. In a bid to further erase evidence, he allegedly burned blood-stained bedsheets, blankets, and even wallpaper near the dumping site. Police later recovered partially burnt remnants from the spot.

The accused also ordered a knife set and a saw through the quick-commerce platform Blinkit a day after the murder, indicating premeditated attempts to dispose of the body.

Although the accused claimed during interrogation that he killed his father in a fit of anger due to pressure to clear the NEET medical entrance exam, investigators are not fully convinced.

Even family members failed to point to any serious or ongoing dispute between father and son. The lack of a clear motive turned the case into a subject of intense discussion in the locality.

Neighbours described the boy as reserved and soft-spoken. He was known to actively participate in Ramlila performances, often portraying the character of Ravan.

His father reportedly wanted him to pursue a career in medicine or civil services, while he was more inclined towards business and acting.

According to family sources, there was tension earlier as well over studies. About six months ago, following a dispute related to NEET preparation, the boy briefly left home and went to Kanpur after leaving a note, but later returned after persuasion.

The family lived in a four-storey building in Aashiana's Sector L. While the victim stayed on the fourth floor with his children, tenants occupied the third floor, and his brother—a UP police personnel—resided on the first floor with his family.