A 24-year-old man allegedly killed his grandmother after the two of them had a quarrel here in Thane, Maharashtra, a police official said on Thursday. The accused has been identified as Umesh Kondilkar, a resident of Chamtoli village near Badlapur township. The accused used to have frequent fights with his grandmother Tarabai Kondilkar (70) over petty issues, the official said.

The grandmother-grandson duo again had a tiff over some issue on late Tuesday night following which the man attacked the elderly woman with an axe, killing her on the spot, the official at the Badlapur police station said. Based on a complaint filed by a family member, the accused was arrested on Wednesday and booked under IPC section 302 (murder), he added.

In another incident that took place on October 10, a 45-year-old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl in Aarey Colony. Neighbours and locals had brought the accused person to the police station after beating him up badly, as they had caught him when the girl had raised an alarm. The accused had even attacked one of them, with a knife.