The Thrikkodithanam police here on Sunday arrested a 27-year-old, who allegedly killed his mother.
The accused was identified as Jithin Babu, who allegedly slit the throat of his mother Kunjannama, a native of Amara, near Changanassery.
Preliminary investigations suggested that the youth, in an inebriated condition, picked up a quarrel with his mother on Saturday night and attacked her with a knife.
Confession
Soon after the murder, the accused called up one of his neighbours and confessed to the crime. A police team, which rushed to the spot on an alert, broke into the house and took the accused into custody.
“The body was found lying in a pool of blood inside the bedroom and the accused, who was sitting next to the body, immediately confessed to the crime. He was soon taken into custody and produced before a magistrate,” officials said.
The body was shifted to the Government Medical College for a post-mortem.
