Son beheads mother over property dispute, surrenders before police in Jangaon

The deceased was Kurakula Ramanamma (60). The accused, Kurakula Kannappa (33), runs a chicken centre at the village besides working as a daily-wage employee in a bank.

Jangaon: A man allegedly beheaded his mother with a meat cleaver following a property dispute in Marigadi village in the district in the early hours of Thursday.

The deceased was Kurakula Ramanamma (60). The accused, Kurakula Kannappa (33), runs a chicken centre at the village besides working as a daily-wage employee in a bank. After killing his mother, Kannappa surrendered before the rural police.

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It is said that Ramanamma had registered four acres of land from their 10 acres to her daughter who was married to a man from another caste. Following this, Kannappa was angry and the argument led to the gruesome murder, Inspector E Srinivas said.

Ramanamma’s body was shifted to Jangaon government hospital for postmortem. The police have registered a case.