A 29-year-old jobless man was arrested by the Dindoshi police, for attempting to kill his mother and assaulting his wife on Tuesday, in an inebriated state. According to police sources, the accused, Anand Lalji Vishwakarma, a Dindoshi resident, was arrested after his sister Archana, 21, called the police.

The condition of Vishwakarma's mother, Saraswati, 65, is said to be critical, and she has been admitted to RN Cooper Hospital after initial medical assistance at Siddhartha Hospital in Goregaon west.