New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- Two brothers clashed over their father's funeral in a village in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Monday. One of the brothers, reportedly inebriated, insisted that the body of their father be cut in half and divided between the brothers so that they could hold separate funerals. But police intervene and tackled the situation.

According to news agency PTI, a bizarre incident unfolded when a man demanded half of his father's body following a dispute with his brother over the last rites in Madhya Pradesh's Tikamgarh district.

The ruckus occurred on Sunday at Lidhorataal village, around 45 km from the district headquarters, police were quoted by PTI as saying.

Arvind Singh Dangi, the in-charge of Jatara police station, s...