CUTTACK: Police on Thursday claimed that the Wednesday’s
murder in the Kanika royal family at Sri Vihar Colony here under the Bidanasi police station was fallout of property dispute among
siblings and also disagreement between mother and son over the
latter’s marital life.
Kanika scion Soumendra Narayan Bhanjdeo (57) alias
Gopala had on Wednesday morning hacked to death his mother Paresh
Kumari Devi (75) with a sharp weapon in their palace after a heated exchange of words between them.
On the basis of a complaint by Gopala’s sister Jayanti Samantray, police arrested the accused on Wednesday and
forwarded him to court on Thursday. Paresh Kumari was the
granddaughter-in-law of erstwhile Kanika king Rajendra Narayan
Bhanjdeo.
Police believe that it was not a pre-planned murder. “It appears that the extreme act was the outcome of a fit of anger,” said city DCP Prateek Singh, adding that the accused was of the belief that his mother had ruined his marital life.
Denying that the mother-son dispute had earlier been brought to the notice of police, as alleged by the complainant, Singh said the brother and sister, however, had a dispute over the share of property and a case in this regard is pending in court.