Khargone (MP), Nov 8 (PTI) In a chilling case of fratricide, a 32-year-old man was arrested in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone district on Sunday for allegedly bludgeoning his elder brother to death during a quarrel over the care of their ailing mother and burying the body, police said.
The victim’s body was exhumed from a pit dug inside a room behind their house in Shakarkhedi village under Bhikangaon police station limits after suspicious relatives alerted the police, leading to the arrest of the accused, an official said.
According to police, the brothers had quarrelled on November 5 over caring for their ailing mother. During the altercation, the accused, Poonam Bare, allegedly attacked his elder brother, Santosh, with a stick, leaving him seriously injured.
When Santosh died the following day, the accused allegedly dug a pit in a room and buried the body to conceal the crime.
He also threatened the children in the family with death if they revealed the incident to anyone, the official said.
On the direction of Superintendent of Police Ravindra Verma, a team from the Bhikangaon police station searched the house, dug up the spot and recovered the body, he said, adding that further probe is underway. PTI COR LAL ARU
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