# Father stabs son to death in Raigad family quarrel

2026-09-24T01:06:46+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk

Corroboration: 3 independent outlets

A 23-year-old man was stabbed to death by his father after intervening in a quarrel between his parents at their home in Lohare Deulkond village near Poladpur, Raigad district, on Tuesday night. The deceased, identified as Sahil Sachin Chikne, was stabbed in the chest with a kitchen knife his father had been using to cut onions. His mother, Sandhya, filed a complaint leading to the arrest of the accused, Sachin Bajrang Chikne, within hours. Police said the quarrel began after Sachin and Sandhya returned home separately from a shopping trip. An argument escalated when Sahil went to the kitchen to reason with his father. The accused, described by the Times of India as an alleged alcoholic who did petty jobs, was arrested near Mahad on the Mumbai-Goa highway. The Hindu reports that Sachin was produced before a court in Mahad on Wednesday and remanded to police custody until September 28.

## Indian Opinion Analysis

The two sources covering the Raigad stabbing (hindustantimes.com and timesofindia.indiatimes.com) both rely entirely on police statements and the wife's FIR, resulting in near-identical straight reporting. Neither outlet adds independent context about the accused's background or the family's history beyond what police disclosed. The third source (indiatoday.in) covers a separate, unrelated murder in Uttar Pradesh, confirming that Indian media reported two distinct father-son killings on the same week. The uniform reporting on the Raigad case leaves no framing gap, the only notable detail is that Times of India included the father's alleged alcoholism, which Hindustan Times omitted. The accused remains in police custody until September 28.

## Coverage

- hindustantimes.com (neutral report) <https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/23yearold-stabbed-to-death-by-father-after-intervening-in-parents-quarrel-101790180715473.html>
  Straight factual account of police complaint and arrest
- timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) <https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/youth-intervenes-in-parents-tiff-father-stabs-him-to-death-in-maharashtras-raigad-district/articleshow/134444954.cms>
  Straight reporting with police statements and court details
- indiatoday.in (neutral report) <https://www.indiatoday.in/india/uttar-pradesh/story/up-father-ties-15-year-old-son-to-pillar-beats-him-to-death-over-stolen-money-3003251-2026-09-25?utm_source=rss>
  Straight factual account of another incident, no slant on this story

Tags: Mahad JMFC court, Maharashtra, Raigad, Sachin Chikne
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