Maharashtra: Beed man arrested for killing elderly mother

AURANGABAD: The Beed police have arrested a 28-year-old man on the charges of murdering his elderly mother on Friday night.
Police said the accused was in an inebriated condition when he allegedly hit his mother with a wooden log.
Prayagbai Mangire (70) of Chausala, was found dead on Saturday morning. Based on the complaint lodged by Pandurang, Prayagbai’s husband, the Neknoor police ave booked and arrested their son.
Police said the accused, who is a sugar cane cutter, returned home on Friday night in an inebriated condition and started a quarrel with his mother over a non-issue.He even blamed her for not giving him food on time.
Assistant police inspector Laxman Kendre told TOI, “The elderly woman blamed her son’s liquor addiction as the reason for all the friction in the house, when the accused got violent and hit her on her head with a wooden log.”
The woman fell unconscious. The family assumed that she had fallen asleep. However, on Saturday morning, when her husband tried to wake her up, she did not move. She was taken to the hospital, where she was declared brought dead.
Pandurang went to the Neknoor police station, following which, Kendre tailed the accused and nabbed him near the highway. The accused confessed that he was heading to his in-law’s place to hide. Citing the findings of the autopsy report, police said the elderly woman died of brain haemorrhage after being hit by the wooden log.