Rajkot: Alcoholic kills mother to stop her nagging

RAJKOT: Tired of her constant nagging at his idling away time at home, an alcoholic killed his mother by allegedly bludgeoning her to death in Ghanteshwer locality of Rajkot on Sunday night.
Police detained accused Prakash Rathod (32) on Monday and said he hit his mother, Shethani Rathod (56), four times on the head. Another son, Arvind, took Shethani to the Rajkot Civil Hospital with grievous injuries where doctors declared her brought dead.
“We have rounded up Prakash from Ghanteshwer. We will be formally arresting him, once his report for Covid-19 test comes in,” said H M Gadhvi, inspector with Rajkot crime branch.
“Prakash used to drive an autorickshaw earlier, but had moved to his mother’s house after his divorce. However, here he started drinking heavily and idling time which irritated his mother and she would often reprimand him for his wayward behaviour. On the fateful night, they had another quarrel after which he killed her in a fit of drunken rage,” said Gadhvi.
After committing the crime, Prakash left home and bumped into his brother, Arvind, outside their house. He told Arvind what he had done asking him to take their mother to the hospital.