Demanding maximum punishment for his son, the father of 23-year-old Fayaz, who allegedly killed the daughter of a Congress councillor inside a college campus in Hubballi, has apologised to the victim’s family and said his son should be given strict punishment. Baba Saheb Subani, a school teacher and Fayaz’s father told media on Saturday that he came to know about the incident around 6 pm on Thursday and was completely shocked and shattered by his son’s act.

“He [Fayaz] should be punished in a way that no one dares to do such a thing in future. With folded hands, I apologise to Neha’s family members. She was like my daughter,” he said. Subani said that he and his wife have been living separately for the last six years and Fayaz stayed with his mother and called only for money. He last spoke to his son about three months ago.