The body of 65-year-old Chandidas Sarkar bearing multiple stab injuries, was recovered from outside his house yesterday, they said.
Sarkar's relatives said 26-year-old Mithun Sarkar was very angry after a quarrel in the family on Saturday night and may have killed his father in a fit of rage.
Mithun has been arrested. The weapon used for the murder and the bloodstained clothes of his father have been recovered.
