Tarn Taran, May 23

A 65-year-old woman was shot dead by her son at Naurangabad village, 10 km from here, on Saturday. The money earned by selling landed property was cited as the main reason behind the incident.

The deceased has been identified as Sawinder Kaur, who was living with her daughter Lovpreet Kaur and son-in-law Hardeep Singh at Naurangabad.

The accused, identified as Karaj Singh, lived in Goindwal Sahib. The accused had thrown out his mother from his home and she had been living with her son-in-law for the last eight months.

The accused came on his motorcycle at Naurangabad village on Saturday evening and fired at his mother with his rifle, killing her on the spot.

SHO, Sadar police station, Inspector Prabhjit Singh said the victim had sold her 10-kanal plot (at Mundapind village) for Rs 3.5 lakh recently.

The accused feared that his mother would give the property to her daughter Lovpreet Kaur.

The SHO said a case under Section 302 of the IPC and Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act had been registered against Karaj. — OC