Sant Kabir Nagar (UP), Jul 17 (PTI) A woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her 32-year-old son in a village under Mehdawal Police Station area here on Sunday, police said.

Pramod Shukla has been arrested for stabbing his 70-year-old mother, Vimala Devi, to death in Ekla Shukla village, Sant Kabir Nagar Superintendent of Police Sonam Kumar said.

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The officer said that the accused is an alcoholic and his wife had left him because of it.

Pramod had a fight with his mother over her calling his wife to return to the house, and in anger, he stabbed her with a knife and killed her, Kumar said.

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Vimala Devi's body was sent for post mortem, he added.

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