Irked over his father allegedly restricting him from playing mobile game 'PUBG’, a 21-year-old youth beheaded him at Siddeshwar Nagar in Kakati village of Belagavi in the wee hours of Monday. The accused also reportedly sliced his father's hand and leg.
The deceased has been identified as Shankar Devappa Kumbhar (61), a resident of Siddeshwar Nagar in Kakati village.
The arrested son is identified as Raghuveer Kumbhar.
According to sources close to the family of the deceased, the accused Raghuveer, student of a polytechnic was poor in studies and had failed thrice in his examinations.
Addiction to the mobile game as well as suspected drug abuse is said to be the reason behind his failures which was upsetting his parents, sources further added.