A man chopped off his teenage son’s hand in Hyderabad on Monday for allegedly getting addicted to pornography on his smartphone despite repeated warnings, police said.
Mohammad Qayyum Qureshi (45), a butcher by profession of Jalpalli colony in Pahadishareef area in the old city, surrendered to the police stating that he had chopped off the right hand (between wrist and elbow) of his son, Mohammad Khalid Qureshi (18), who works as an assistant at a local cable television operator.
“The father has been booked under section 307 of Indian Penal Code (attempt to murder) and taken into custody,†Pahadishareef police inspector P Lakshmikanth Reddy said. “The son has been rushed to a private hospital nearby.â€
According to police, Qayyum has four children including two sons and Khalid is the elder of the two sons. Recently, Khalid bought a smartphone and got addicted to watching movies and pornography. Despite repeated warnings, he did not stop watching porn films. Posted by Abdul