Ashoknagar police arrest man for slapping 80-year-old father repeatedly

Kolkata: In a shocking incident, an eighty-year-old man was beaten up by his son in Ashoknagar.

Locals informed that Maniklal Biswas (80) had given his wife a crumb of sweets, due to which his son Pradip slapped him repeatedly. Sources informed that Pradip is a staff of the Ashoknagar-Kalyangarh Municipality.

Local people said that on Friday, the day of Dashami, Maniklal's wife had touched his feet as a traditional gesture. In return, he had given her a bite of the sweet which he was having.

But before she could eat, Pradip arrived. Seeing her son she went towards the bathroom and handed over the sweet to Maniklal in fear. But Pradip somehow saw this. He was furious as his mother has high blood sugar and hence needs to refrain from sweets.

He immediately dragged his father out of the room and started slapping him. Despite Maniklal apologising, Pradip didn't bother to pay heed to him and kept on slapping his father. Some neighbours heard loud voices. When a neighbour went to see what was happening, he saw Pradip slapping Maniklal. He immediately took out his smartphone and recorded the whole scene. Later, the video was uploaded on Facebook.

As the video soon went viral, some police personnel noticed the footage. Wasting no time police started to figure out the area where the incident had happened. In the meantime, some of the locals also informed the police regarding the same. Immediately, Ashoknagar police station arrested him.

Maniklal informed that he was being tortured regularly by his son. Though Pradip tried to lighten the matter by seeking apology from his father, the neighbours were not convinced at all.

When police arrived, Maniklal gained courage to

speak up. He himself told

the police what his son did

to him. Hearing the whole thing, locals tried to beat him up but police obstructed them. He was immediately apprehended.