A 15-year-old girl killed her mother by strangulating her with a karate belt in Airoli on July 30. The 41-year-old victim had persuaded her daughter to study for the medical entrance exam. The mother’s repeated request had led to a heated argument.
Though the incident took place on July 30, the teenager confessed only last week after the police took her into confidence. Officials said the girl had approached the Rabale police to lodge a complaint against her mother three days prior to the incident. Her parents were called in for a counselling session.
A police official said the mother was pressurising the girl to study for the NEET exam. She wanted her to become a doctor.
On July 30, there was another heated argument over exam preparation and it led to a scuffle between the two. The girl pushed her mother, who fell and received injuries to her head. Following this, the teenager strangulated her with a karate belt. “Later, the girl transferred the body on to the bed and sent a WhatsApp message from the mother’s mobile to her maternal uncle’s number indicating suicide. The message said ‘I tried everything; I quit’,” said a senior official from Rabale police station.
The girl then locked the bedroom door and informed her uncle that her mother had closed it from inside.
According to the police, the post-mortem report revealed that strangulation was the cause of her death, besides the head injuries. “A woman cop took the minor girl into confidence. She later confessed to murder,” said the official. A case has been registered under sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code.
