India, Dec. 20 -- A 48-year-old man allegedly killed his elderly parents following a long-standing dispute over division of the family property, police said on Friday. The incident was reported in the early hours of Friday in the Mahavir Nagar area of Hupari in Kolhapur district. The victims have been identified as Vijaymala Narayan Bhosale (70) and Narayan Ganpatrao Bhosale (78), residents of Alphalin Lane, Mahavir Nagar.

The police said arguments over dividing the family property (house) had been going on for several months. On Friday, at around 5:30am, the accused allegedly attacked his father while he was asleep, first hitting him with a wooden stick and then with a stone, inflicting fatal injuries. He also used broken glass pieces t...