THANE: A 28-year-old man was arrested in Kalyan of Thane district for allegedly killing his own mother, the police said on Thursday. Aman Hasan Mulla, a resident of Bhoiwada area, was arrested around midnight.
Mulla and his mother Ruksana Mehmood Khan often quarrelled as his wife had left him because of ‘harassment’ by her mother-in-law, said police spokesperson Sukhada Narkar.
On Wednesday evening, he allegedly hit Ruksana with a pressure cooker and some other heavy kitchen utensils, killing her. Bazarepeth police registered a case under IPC section 302. Further probe is underway.