MANGALURU: In a fit of rage, a man killed his son by hitting him with a wooden stick for not getting to taste the chicken curry made at home. A dispute broke out between the man and his son over it. The incident happened the other day at Guttigar in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada in Karnataka. The accused identified as Sheena killed his 32-year-old son Sivaram after hitting him with a wooden stick.

By the time Sivaram reached home, his father Sheena had finished the chicken curry. A fight broke out between the two in the name of it and in a fit of rage, Sheena beat him to death with a stick.

Subrahmanya police who rushed to the spot arrested Sheena from the spot. Sivaram leaves behind his wife and two children.