India, Sept. 25 -- A 42-year-old man was held for allegedly killing his 75-year-old father when the latter tried to rescue the daughter-in-law from getting assaulted when she had raised objection to the accused consuming liquor during Navratri in Sector 3, police said on Wednesday.

The suspect was identified as Neeraj Singh, who lived in Bhimgarh Kheri with his elderly parents, wife Preeti Singh, 38, and a minor daughter and a son.

The deceased was identified as Gulab Singh, a practicing lawyer in Gurugram civil court. Police said he had sustained multiple injuries in the head and other internal organs and was declared dead after being rushed to a nearby private hospital on Tuesday night.

Investigators said that Preeti had also sustain...