A man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his own father to death in what appears to be a homophobic attack.
Police in the Uttar Pradesh state in northern India say that Sumit Kumar told them that his father had “tarnished the reputation” of their family by having a relationship with another man.
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His father Reshpal was found dead in a sugarcane field on August 18, and shortly afterwards Sumit filed a complaint accusing three other people of killing his father in an attempt to frame them.
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After an investigation, India Today reports that police came to believe that Sumit had killed his own father after he found out that his father had a relationship with another man.
During questioning, police say Sumit confessed to the crime. He also said that his father was going to transfer property to his lover.
