Nabarangpur: A young man allegedly strangulated his stepmother to death in their home at Gadabaguda Sahi in Nabarangpur district late night of Sunday.
The deceased has been identified as Runi Mohapatra (50) while the accused has been identified as Suryakanta Mohapatra.
Sources said, Shridhara Mohapatra of same area married to Runi after the death of his first wife. Shridhara has two daughters and one son Suryakanta from his first wife and a differently-abled son from his second wife.
Suryakanta had a dispute with his step mother over property affair since last four months. However, the situation turned ugly Sunday night. Taking the absence of Shirdhara , Suryakanta killed his stepmother by strangulating her with a towel, when Runi was arranging rations inside the kitchen.
Meanwhile, Runi’s son who was the sole witness of the entire crime scene called his father and narrated the incident.
Shridhar reached at the spot with police officials. The police detained Suryakanta and are interrogating him in connection with the incident.
However, father Shridhar alleged it to be a pre-planned murder.
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