Thane, November 28: A man from Maharashtra's Thane district allegedly killed his 55-year-old mother after a fight with her over not serving him tasty food, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Sunday evening at Velu village in Murbad taluka, an official from Thane rural police control room said. Tamil Nadu Shocker: MBA Student Slits Friend's Throat on Bus Allegedly After He Stops Talking to Him in Karur.

The woman and her son used to have frequent quarrels over domestic issues.

On Sunday, the man again had a quarrel with his mother and complained that she did not cook and serve him tasty food, the police said quoting the FIR.

The man, in a fit of anger, allegedly attacked his mother with a sickle on her neck following which she collapsed and died, the official said. Some persons from the neighbourhood alerted police, who rushed to the spot and sent the body to a government hospital for post-mortem. Indore Shocker: 10-Year-Old Schoolboy Attacked by Classmates With Geometry Compass 108 Times.

After the incident, the accused allegedly had an overdose of sleeping pills. He was hospitalised by relatives and has not yet been arrested, the official said. A case was registered on Monday against the accused under Indian Penal Code section 302 (murder), he said.

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