Angul: A 23-year-old man allegedly killed his mother in Odisha’s Angul district Sunday by hitting her with a wooden plank after she refused to give him money for alcohol, police said.
The incident happened at Susuda village in Angul Town police station area, they said.
Sarat Naik, the accused, is a habitual drunk who used to always beat up his parents, they added.
“This morning, he asked his mother for money to buy alcohol. As his mother expressed her inability to give her money, he got infuriated and brought a wooden plank with which he hit on her head. His mother, Lata (60), died on the spot,” inspector-in-charge Dhiraj Das said.
Following the incident, villagers informed the police who reached the spot and arrested Sarat.
PTI
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