A 16-year-old girl allegedly beat her father to death in Bhopal on Wednesday night because he used to get drunk and abuse and assault her mother. The teenager beat her 45-year-old father with a bat used for washing clothes and a lohangi (a traditional stick with iron rings), killing him on the spot. Then he dialed 100 and turned himself in to the police. Berasia subdivision police officer KK Verma said the man was unemployed and living on the earnings of his eldest son, who works as a bricklayer. The family was at the limit of their ties due to his drunkenness and violence, especially towards his wife. At around 6.30pm on Wednesday, the family was discussing the eldest son’s marriage when the father fought again. Furious, the 16-year-old grabbed a wash bat and began hitting him on the head. He began to bleed profusely, but the girl took a lohangi and kept hitting him. After her death, she called the police on Dial-100 and informed them that she had killed her father and was waiting to be arrested. The police registered a case and sent the girl to a shelter for minors.
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