In full public glare, a 77-year-old woman was hacked to death by her son on an MTC bus in Tambaram on Tuesday for not giving a share in family property. Her daughter was inflicted with serious injuries on her head.
Police said the victim was identified as Muthamma, 77, a native of Kayarampakkam village near Guduvanchery.
On Tuesday, she and her daughter were on the way to visit Muthamma’s other daughter. At 6.30 p.m, Devarajan arrived there and indiscriminately attacked his mother with a billhook and inflicted severe injuries on his sister who tried to prevent him. Devarajan has been arrested.
