An unemployed man attacked and murdered his bedridden mother in Colaba on Wednesday evening. Scared by the sudden assault, his wife left the house and informed the Colaba police, who later came and arrested the accused in the evening yesterday.

The incident occurred in Shani Dev building on Rajwadkar Street, Colaba, where Ram Kashinath Keer (55) stayed with his 80-year-old mother Saraswati, his wife, and their 20-year-old daughter. His mother was paralysed and had been bedridden for many years.