ahmedabad a 23yearold man a resident of ambli road bludgeoned his father to death with a stick on friday afternoon following a dispute over the sale of a piece of land in their ancestral village chanasma in patan district and his mothers jewellery the accused suresh rabari then fled his home as neighbours gathered there but sarkhej police nabbed him within hours of the incident from ambli railway stationsarkhej police inspector b b goyal said that the accused was sent for a prearrest covid19 testacccording to the fir lodged by the deceaseds 21yearold daughter surekha her father magan rabari 65 worked as a security guard and she is a helper at a school in thaltejshe stated that two days ago her brother suresh had a quarrel with his father about the sale of a piece of land in their village and the jewellery of her mother who had died she said suresh wanted all of the proceeds of the saleshe intervened and defused the situation on friday her father returned home in the morning after doing his night shift he had his food at about 1230pm and then both the complainant and deceased went to sleep said goyalthe fir says that at about 130pm surekha got up to drink water and she saw suresh hit her sleeping father on his head with a stick and started screaming for helpon hearing her cries their neighbours rushed in and snatched the stick from suresh while they were taking magan to sola civil hospital suresh escaped magan was later moved to asarwa civil hospital where he died said goyalgoyal said they rushed to the spot immediately and dispatched a team to catch the accused we found him at ambli station and nabbed him added goyal