Police on 1 January 2018 arrested a 42-year-old man following the murder of his parents early in the morning in Chhattisgarh's Durg district.Ravalmal Jain accused Sandip Jain's father, was a trustee of a famous Jain temple in Nagpur.Sandip was arrested for allegedly shooting his father Ravalmal and mother Surjibai Jain dead at their home in Ganjpara locality, Inspector General of Police (Durg Range) Dipanshu Kabra told Monday evening.Mr Ravalmal Jain, a famous businessman and social worker, was one of the main trustees of Parshwanath Jain Tirth in Nagpur area of Durg.

The couple was found shot dead at home on Monday morning.Inquiry revealed that Sandip was the only third person present in the house at the time, and during inquiring he broke down and confessed to have killed his parents, the police officer said.Sandip allegedly told police that he and his father had an altercation last night over rituals performed by his father at their house every day. He used to fight with his father for other reasons too, police said.Today morning, when his father was heading for the washroom, Sandip shot him twice from a pistol, and then he also shot his mother, he told police.