Mysore/Mysuru, May 18 -- A son, angered over his mother's alleged illicit affair, assaulted her, bludgeoned her to death and then set her body on fire yesterday. The murder came to light when villagers spotted the half-burnt body in an agricultural field at Madahalli village in the taluk this morning.

While the deceased is Sudha (48), the accused son is 34-year-old S. Shivarudrappa, a vegetable trader at Mysuru APMC.

It is learnt that Shivarudrappa saw his mother riding pillion on a bike with a man yesterday following which he assaulted her severely and had fled from the spot.

Sudha's relatives, who saw her badly injured, was taking her to a hospital, when Shivarudrappa appeared before them and reportedly told them that he would take h...