Outrage swept through Bihar’s Gopalganj after a substance-abusing son butchered his mother in a dispute worth just 100 rupees. The matricide in Usri Bintoli under Baikunthpur thana has police on high alert and villagers baying for blood.
Sumitra Devi, 55, was solitary at home while husband Ganesh fished. Enter elder son Rambharose, a known drunk with a history of marital failures, demanding cash. Denial led to horror: he wielded a sharp tool, slashing her throat mercilessly. She writhed in pain before breathing her last.
Cries drew a crowd, whose wrath cornered the fleeing assailant for a brutal thrashing. Arriving cops pried him away, hospitalized him briefly, then jailed him. The crime scene buzzed with FSL personnel cataloging blood traces and vital proofs; Sumitra’s remains went for postmortem analysis.
Ganesh’s testimony reveals a tragic backstory of addiction plaguing the family. SDPO Rajesh Kumar outlined the textbook response: scene secured, experts deployed, suspect nabbed, case registered. Deeper inquiries explore if more fueled the frenzy.
This grotesque episode fuels debates on Bihar’s battle against alcohol and its toll on kin. With the accused grilled relentlessly, the focus shifts to healing a shattered community and enacting reforms to avert future filicide nightmares.