INDORE: A skin specialist's wife was stabbed to death and his son seriously injured by a patient who accused them of not giving proper treatment.

Rafiq Rasheed (45), the accused, was arrested, said

Rasheed, suffering from a skin disease, was seeing Dr Ramkrishna Verma and was said to be dissatisfied with the treatment he was prescribed.

He went to Dr Verma's clinic in Malwa Mill area here Thursday to meet him but the doctor was out of town.

Verma's wife Lata, 50, who helped her husband at the clinic, asked Rasheed to come later.

It led to a heated argument, during which Rasheed allegedly stabbed her with a knife, the police officer said.

Her son Abhishek,19, rushed to her help and Rasheed stabbed him too, he said.

The seriously injured mother and son were taken to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared Lata brought dead.

Abhishek was said to be out of danger.

Rasheed was being questioned, the officer said, adding that it was not yet clear what exactly led him to attack

.

"We are looking at all the angles that could be involved in the case," said Qazi.