Srinagar, Mar 30: A youth allegedly killed his mother in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said Thursday.
As per reports, a youth strangulated his mother to death in Dangarpora village of Sopore late last evening.
News agency KNO reported that the accused was a drug addict. He was arrested within hours of committing the crime, it quoted a police officer as having said.
Reports said the body of the woman has been shifted to a hospital for medico-legal formalities.
A case has been registered at Sopore police station and further investigation is underway, said an official.