Son kills father for coughing continuously

Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu: A 75-year-old man, in nearby Vadaseri area, was allegedly murdered by his own son who used a boulder to silence his father's persistent cough, police said.

Arokia John had confessed that despite medication, the cough of his father could not be controlled.

After feeling harassed when his sleep was continuously disturbed, John yesterday used a boulder he found near his house to kill his father.