Man kills father

An elderly man was killed allegedly by his son at Dolarhat village in Sadar upazila on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Abdul Jabbar, 75, of Dharmapur village. Family sources said Raju, 35, stabbed his father mercilessly, leaving him critically injured while he was returning home from Dholarhat Bazar at about 8:00pm. Jabbar was rushed to Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital where he died after sometime. The reason behind the killing could not be known immediately, said Md Rezaul Karim, officer in-charge at Sadar police station. Raju went into hiding after the incident, said the OC.