A teenage girl allegedly beat her father to death on Wednesday evening after he got home drunk and thrashed her mother. She then dialed 100 and surrendered before the police.

The incident has been reported in Bhopal, where the 16-year-old girl bludgeoned her 45-year-old father to death using a bat meant for washing clothes. According to reports, the man would apparently abuse and assault his wife everytime he got home drunk. One such incident happened that happened at 6.30 pm on Wednesday led to the enraged teenage girl brutally attacking her father and subsequent killing him. "During interrogation on Thursday, the girl said her father used to work as a labourer. He was a habitual drinker and used to beat her mother in an intoxicated state almost daily. The girl said neighbours used to mock them about the family feud. She was upset over the physical torture her mother was subjected to by her father as she told us. On Wednesday evening, the man returned to the house and started abusing his wife. The girl couldn't control her anger and attacked him with an iron rod. He fell down. The girl then picked up a stick and continued to hit her father on his head. The man died on the spot. Later, neighbours informed the police but the girl herself surrendered before the police," an investigating official reportedly informed a news agency.

The 16-year-old girl was produced before the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), where she will go through counselling before being sent to a juvenile shelter.