The Bellare police on Wednesday arrested Gopal, 32, from Navoor village on the charge of murdering his 52-year-old mother Chenku. According to the police, Chenku and her husband, Navoor, who were both inebriated, were arguing outside their house on February 15.
Gopal asked the two to stop. When they refused, Gopal allegedly took a sharp stone and struck his mother.
Chenku was admitted to a hospital where she died on Tuesday. On a complaint, the Bellare police registered a case of murder.
A police team traced Gopal to a hideout and arrested him. Gopal was produced before the jurisdictional magistrate, who remanded him to judicial custody.