SALEM: A 51-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of his history-sheeter son at their home near Veeranam in Salem allegedly enraged over the latter's repeated threats to family members.
The deceased was K Surya Prakash (24), son of C Kamaraj.
Police sources said Kamaraj allegedly attacked Surya with a sickle around 11.30 p.m on Friday. Surya died on the spot.
Surya had not been in a good relationship with his family and had been continuously involved in petty crimes. For one such theft case, he had earlier been arrested and lodged in the Omalur sub-jail, from where he had come out on bail last week.
After coming out of jail, he went to visit his family residing at Mettupatti Thathannur near Veeranam. There, he reportedly quarrelled with his family members, questioning why they had not taken any efforts to get him released from jail earlier, said police sources.
Police said Surya was intoxicated at the time and was holding a knife.
He allegedly threatened his family members - his father, mother, sister and sister's daughter - and even tried to attack them with the knife. After creating a ruckus and threatening the family for some time, he eventually went to sleep.
Police said Kamaraj, who was unable to tolerate his son's behaviour and repeated threats, later decided to kill him.
Veeranam police were informed about the incident in the early hours of Saturday. Kamaraj was remanded in judicial custody following his arrest.
Surya's body was sent to the Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital for postmortem.