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30-year-old Ludhiana man kills mother after spat over water wastage
Accused hit the woman with a wooden log in a fit of rage, causing her death
A 30-year-old man from Buyani village in Doraha allegedly murdered his elderly mother on Thursday after a verbal spat over wastage of water.
The accused, Daljit Singh, is on the run.
Based on the statement of Ram Singh, husband of the victim, Parkash Kaur, 70, the Doraha police lodged an FIR.
Ram Singh stated that his wife and son used to get into arguments over petty issues regularly.
He said on Thursday morning, Kaur was cleaning wheat in the veranda of their house, while Daljit Singh was about to take bath and they indulged in a spat over wastage of water.
He said in a fit of rage, his son hit his wife with a wooden log, leading to her death.
The complainant said that Daljit Singh fled the spot after the incident.
Inspector Davinder Singh, station house officer at Doraha police station, said an FIR under Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code had been registered against Daljit Singh and hunt was on for the arrest of the accused.
