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18-Year-Old Son Shoots Police Head Constable Father Dead Over Marriage Dispute in Chandigarh
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News18•26-09-2026, 16:22
18-Year-Old Son Shoots Police Head Constable Father Dead Over Marriage Dispute in Chandigarh
- •An 18-year-old son, Armaan, shot his father, Police Head Constable Nitin Singh, dead in Chandigarh.
- •The incident occurred after an argument over Armaan's desire to marry his girlfriend immediately, which his parents opposed.
- •Nitin Singh's body was found in his government residence in Sector 22, with a country-made pistol recovered from the scene.
- •Armaan allegedly threatened his mother after the shooting, but she managed to escape and alert neighbors.
- •Police have arrested Armaan and are investigating the sequence of events, including his attempt to mislead authorities.
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Police head constable Nitin Singh was shot dead by his 18-year-old son, Armaan, following a heated dispute over marriage. Armaan was pressuring his parents to let him immediately marry his girlfriend and bring her home, but his parents insisted he wait until he turned 21.
Following the shooting, Armaan tried to mislead the police by concocting a false story claiming that an unknown intruder had entered their government residence and shot his father.
Police arrested Armaan and filed a case against him for murder, alongside violations of the Arms Act for possessing and using an illegal country-made pistol.
