Man arrested for torturing father

Police on Monday arrested a man on charges of assaulting his father and registered a case against him.

The police also recovered weapons from the suspect. According to police, a video of an elderly man crying and recounting the abuse he suffered from his son went viral on social media. The police took notice of the video and registered a case against the son, Hassan, on the complaint of the victim, Muhammad Javed.

In his complaint, Javed, a resident of Quetta Town Housing Society Scheme 33 and a retiree, stated that his son Hassan used to beat and mistreat his mother, which led to her death. "Hassan, now comes home intoxicated, breaks things and beats me up," said Javed.