LUCKNOW, Oct. 23 -- A 30-year-old man allegedly bludgeoned his 58-year-old mother to death with a grinding stone in Gonda district on Tuesday night after an argument over a government job given to the family on compensatory grounds following his father's death, senior police officials said on Wednesday.

According to Gonda additional superintendent of police (East) Manoj Kumar Rawat, the murder allegedly occurred after a heated dispute between the mother, Kanti Devi, and her younger son, Sandeep, regarding salary and job-related issues. "During the argument, Sandeep lost his temper and attacked his mother with a grinding stone, causing fatal injuries," Rawat said, adding that the body has been sent for post-mortem examination and the accu...