Youths axe father in Tripura village

Agartala, April 20 (IANS) A quarrel over family matters led two youths to axe their father to death in Tripura, police said here Friday.

"Following a squabble on family affairs, two youths aged 22 and 24 hit their father Mani Goswai Jamatia, 42, with an axe. He died on the spot at Killa in southern Tripura Thursday night," Inspector General of Police (police control) Nepal Das told reporters.

The tribal-dominated village of Killa is 150 km south of Tripura's capital Agartala.

Das said that one of Mani Goswai's sons, Mangal Dayal Jamatia, was injured in the fight and has been admitted to a government hospital while another, Ananda Kumar Jamatia, ran away.