Son beheads father, chops body

New Delhi, Mar 14 (UNI) A 24-year-old youth allegedly beheaded his father and then chopped his body in Nabi Karim area of Central Delhi.

Police said Jitendra Singh has been arrested and has confessed to his crime. ''He was unemployed and mentally disturbed.'' After killing his father yesterday, Jitendra went out where he had a quarrel with some people after which the police was called which arrested him.

Today one of his sisters, who had come to visit her father, saw the body and cried for help. Hearing this next door neighbour Bunty came and called the police.

Later during interrogation Jitendra confessed to killing his father, police added.

The accused lived with his 65-year-old father, who was a retired railway official.

While his mother lived with his elder brother, his three sisters were married.

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