In a shocking incident a 32-year-old man killed his mother at Satbakra village under Dumaria police station area in Ghatshila sub-division, around midnight.
The assailant, Shyamcharan Mardi fled the village after committing the crime . In this connection, the police have registered a case of murder against Shyamcharan on the basis of an FIR lodged by Diku Mardi, uncle of the assailant.
According to police, the assailant who was unmarried used to regularly fight with his elderly mother demanding money. last night there was some quarrel between the two causing Shyamcharan to get angry . He first thrashed his mother with a stick and later smashed her head with a boulder. As she died on the spot, the accused fled. The police are carrying search operation to nab the culprit.