Bhubaneswar, June 14 -- In a heart-wrenching incident on the first day of the Raja festival, a 25-year-old man hacked his mother to death with an axe in Odisha's Bhadrak district, triggering shock and outrage in the area.

The gruesome incident took place at Jirina village under the Bant police station limits on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Mamata Sahu, the wife of Gadadhar Sahu. She was allegedly murdered by her son, Pritam Sahu, in a brutal attack.

The incident has sent shockwaves across the locality, with residents struggling to comprehend what led the young man to take such an extreme step. According to preliminary information, the murder is suspected to have stemmed from a family dispute, although the exact circumstan...