Man kills 95-year-old mother, sets body on fire in Odisha's Kandhamal

In a macabre incident, a man killed his 95-year-old mother and set her body on fire. According to the police, the accused was released from jail a week ago undergoing imprisonment for three years in connection with a crime.

Kandhamal (Odisha): In a barbaric incident, a man killed his 95-year-old mother and set her body on fire in their house at Khajurisahi near Badimunda village in the Kandhamal district on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Manjula Nayak. According to the police, the accused, Samir Nayak (45), came home on late Saturday night.

In the wee hours of Sunday, his neighbors saw fire in his house and rushed there. According to neigubours, he had a heated argument with his mother over a petty issue on Saturday night while both were alone at their house. It was suspected that Samir might have strangulated his mother to death in a fit of rage. Later, to eliminate the evidence, he set the body on fire inside the house.

After receiving the information, a team from Tikabali police station went to the village and shifted the half-burnt body to the government hospital for conducting the post-mortem. Soon after reaching there, they arrested the accused, Samir. According to the police, the accused was released from jail a week ago after undergoing imprisonment for three years in connection with a crime. After registering a case, the police launched a probe into the incident.