Minor stabs mother to death in Telangana

Hyderabad: A minor allegedly stabbed his mother to death at Mangalhat area here over a monetary dispute, police said today.

The boy is in a age group of 12-13, police said.

"The boy and his mother (both ragpickers) had a quarrel last night and in a fit of rage the minor attacked his mother with a knife used for cutting vegetables," a police official said.

The woman died of injuries and the boy is absconding, he said.

The body of the woman was handed over to her close relatives after a postmortem, the official added.