A man allegedly strangulated his 50-year-old mother to death in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/thane-logs-122-new-covid-19-cases-active-tally-at-1748-23244664" rel="nofollow">Maharashtra's </a><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/thane-records-119-new-covid-19-cases-23244510" rel="nofollow">Thane </a>district and tried to pass it off as a case of suicide, police said on Wednesday.
The incident took place on Monday in Kalyan town and the 34-year-old accused, identified as Ravi Pumni, was arrested on Tuesday, inspector S G Gavali from Kolsewadi police station said.
The man, who worked at a factory in Ghansoli area of Navi Mumbai, used to have frequent quarrels with his mother Saroja Pumni over domestic and monetary issues.
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The duo again had a fight on the intervening night of Sunday-Monday, the official said.
The man allegedly strangulated his mother to death using a rope on Monday morning, he said.
He later hung the victim from a ceiling fan with a cloth to pass it off as a case of suicide, the official said.
After the autopsy report indicated strangulation, the Kolsewadi police on Tuesday registered a case against the man on charges of murder and destruction of evidence based on a complaint by his father, he said.
A probe is on into the case, the police said.
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The incident took place on Monday in Kalyan town and the 34-year-old accused, identified as Ravi Pumni, was arrested on Tuesday, inspector S G Gavali from Kolsewadi police station said.

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