India, Feb. 3 -- In a bizarre incident, a Madhya Pradesh man demanded half of his father's dead body following a dispute with his brother over the last rites in the state's Tikamgarh district.

According to police, the incident prompted the authorities to intervene.

The incident happened on Sunday at Lidhorataal village, around 45 km from the district headquarters of Tikamgarh, according to a news agency PTI report.

Dhyani Singh Ghosh (84), who lived with his younger son Deshraj, died of a prolonged illness on Sunday, and his elder son Kishan, who lived outside the village, arrived there after being informed about the death, the report quoted Arvind Singh Dangi, in-charge of Jatara police station.

According to the police, Kishan create...