A man gunned down his son after he asked him to turn down the volume of the music he was listening to at night at a village in Mizoram's Aizawl district.

The man 51-year-old man HV Lalthawma, who was drunk was listening to music late at night at Sihpir village on his tape recorder at a high volume when his son, Lalruatfela, asked him to turn it down as it was disturbing neighbours, Aizawl District Superintendent of Police Lalbiakthanga Khiangte said on Wednesday.