Police arrested Puran Ghale, 40, resident of Ganeshsthan, Bharatpur Metropolitan City-11, on 23 February 2023 on the charge of killing his mother, Mina Kumari Ghale, 78, on 22 February.
DSP Bijayraj Pandit informed that Meena Kumari was found dead in the room of her residence due to a head injury. Puran hit her with a stick of wood during a dispute.
DSP Pandit further informed that the accused, who had absconded from the crime scene, was found hiding near his house on the morning of 23 February.
Postmortem of the dead body was done on 23 February at Bharatpur Hospital.