A brother killed his sister

BHOPAL: In Saket Nagar area a 33-year-old trader bludgeoned his younger sister to death at his residence, said police today.

They said, Dinesh Yadav hit his sister Shobha with a cricket bat on her head and then slit her throat last night when their mother had gone to attend to the ailing father at a hospital.

According to poilce, the accused was apparently upset with his parents favouring the sisters, with he was not on speaking terms.

Yadav a software engineer had returned home recently after doing a job in USA.

Dinesh has been absconding since the incident and a hunt has been launched to nab him, police said adding a case has been registered in the matter.