Palghar: 17-year-old boy kills mother with axe over suspicion of messaging

In the Palghar district of Maharashtra, a 17-year-old boy is accused of killing his mother by axing her to death after  seeing her messaging someone from her mobile phone. The incident took place on the intervening night of Sunday-Monday in Parole area of Vasai township, police said.

The boy doubted the character of his mother, Sonali Gogra (35), and the duo had frequent quarrels over it, inspector Ashok Kamble from Mandvi police station said. While the boy was having dinner on Sunday night, he noticed his mother messaging someone on the mobile phone and got annoyed. He then pulled out an axe and allegedly hit her with it, the official said.

The other family members were not present in the house at the time of the incident, he said. The severely injured woman was rushed to the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Bhiwandi where doctors declared her brought dead, he said, adding the body was sent for postmortem. A case was registered under Indian Penal Code Section 302 (murder) against the accused who was yet to be apprehended, the police said.