ANGUL: Kaniha police arrested a 25-year-old youth of Santribida village for allegedly killing his grandmother on Wednesday.
Police said the accused, Bapuji Biswal of Santribida strangulated his 75-year-old grandmother, Gurubari Biswal to death inside a forest near their village.
IIC of Kaniha police station R R Dalei, said Bapuji was jailed for his involvement in the murder of a minor in 2022. After being released from prison recently, he was living with his parents and grandmother.
On the day, Gurubari went to the local Jan Seva Kendra to update her Aadhaar card. Bapuji arrived there on a motorcycle and offered to take her home. However, instead of taking his grandmother home, the accused headed to the village forest. After reaching there, he strangulated Gurubari to death with his hands and absconded, said Dalei.
When the elderly woman did not reach home, family members along with some villagers launched a search and found her body in the nearby forest. On being informed, police reached the spot for investigation. The body was seized for postmortem.
The IIC said police suspected the role of Bapuji in the crime as he was missing after the incident. The accused was nabbed after tracking his mobile phone. “Police are yet to establish the motive behind the crime. The accused will be interrogated and we are hopeful of finding out the cause of the murder,” he said.
The accused will be produced in court on Thursday and further investigation is underway, the IIC added.
Man murders mother over petty quarrel in Borigumma
Jeypore: A 70-year-old woman was killed by her son over a petty quarrel at Sanparia village within Borigumma police limits in Koraput district on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Nila Gouda. The accused, 50-year-old Rukdhar Gouda, has been detained by police. Sources said Rukdhar had a quarrel with his mother over a trivial issue and in a fit of rage, hit her head with a wood plank. Nila suffered bleeding injury and died on the spot.
On being informed, Borigumma police rushed to the village and seized the deceased’s body for postmortem. Borigumma IIC Swetapadma Seth said the accused also attacked one of his neighbours with the same wood plank on the day. Rukdhar has been detained and is being interrogated. Further investigation is underway.