Police have registered a homicide case and are on the lookout for the boy. (Representational)
Palghar:
A 17-year-old boy allegedly axed his mom to demise in Palghar district of Maharashtra after seeing her messaging somebody from her cell phone, police mentioned right this moment.
The incident passed off late on Sunday evening in Parole space of Vasai township, they mentioned.
The boy doubted the character of his mom, Sonali Gogra (35), and the 2 had frequent quarrels over it, inspector Ashok Kamble from Mandvi police station mentioned.
Whereas the boy was having dinner on Sunday evening, he observed his mom messaging somebody on the cell phone and obtained irritated. He then pulled out an axe and allegedly hit her with it, the official mentioned.
The opposite relations weren’t current in the home on the time of the incident, he mentioned.
The severely injured girl was rushed to the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Bhiwandi the place medical doctors declared her introduced lifeless, he mentioned, including the physique was despatched for postmortem.
A case was registered below Indian Penal Code Part 302 (homicide) in opposition to the accused, who’s but to be caught, the police mentioned.
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