In a deeply shocking incident, a man allegedly murdered his mother and absconded after burying her body at Tunagaon village under the Koksara police limits in Kalahandi district.
The matter came to fore on Saturday after police exhumed the body and sent it for postmortem.
According to reports, a heated exchange of words had taken place between Ramesh Bemal and his mother Lanka on February 25. Losing his cool, Ramesh attacked her with a knife, following which she sustained critical injuries on her belly.
The woman was admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries on Friday. Without informing anyone about the death, Ramesh buried the body and went absconding.
Being informed, police on Saturday reached the place and recovered the body after exhuming it. A murder case has been registered against Ramesh and efforts were on to apprehend him.