Palghar: A 40-year-old man from Jedule Colony Pada in Dahanu here has been arrested for allegedly bludgeoning his mother-in-law to death, police said today.

Ravindra Thackeray was arrested last night after he attacked his mother-in-law Jaidu Babu Pardhi (55) with a huge stone in a fit of rage under the influence of liquor, Police Inspector AP Fegde of Wangaon police station said.