AURANGABAD: Fed up with her 35-year-old son’s alcohol addiction, an elderly woman axed him to death in

district — around 250-km from

.

The incident took place in the wee hours of Tuesday in Samudravani when the deceased was sleeping in the house. Following the incident, the accused locked the house with the body inside and went to a nearby village to meet her relatives.

The incident came to light after the accused’s elder son, who had heard some noise the previous night, grew suspicious and called the police after he found the door locked. The deceased has been identified as Ram Mahadev Kawde and was a tailor by profession, while the accused has been identified as Hirkanabai.

According to police, fed-up with Ram’s liquor addiction, his wife had deserted him and went to her parent’s home with their children. The autopsy report has revealed that he was hit with axe at least four times on head.

Osmanabad superintendent of police R Raja said, “Preliminary probe has revealed that the accused and her son were at loggerheads due to his liquor addiction and she attacked him while he sleeping.”

He added, “In the morning, Hirkanabai’s two other sons, Kundalik and Balaji, saw the house locked and tried contacting Ram on his cellphone, but the calls went unanswered. They soon contacted village police patil Namdev Nannavre who reached the spot and climbed onto the roof to peep inside following which the incident came to light.

Learning about the incident, a team from Bembli police station rushed to the spot and broke open the lock of the house. The police on searching the house found that the accused woman, after murdering her son, had cleaned the axe and hid it in the house. Hours after launching a manhunt, the police managed to nab her from a relative’s house in Shivli village of Ausa tehsil in the district.