Kamakhyanagar, April 27 -- A young woman allegedly killed her elderly mother today by hacking the former to death with a wooden plank at Majhipal village under Bhuban police limits in Dhenkanal district.

The deceased was identified as Durgabati Dash, the wife of late Bibhuti Bhusan from Majhipal.

According to a source, the accused Ashalata is a mentally retarded woman. She is married but has been staying in the village along with her mother. After the accused suffered from mental ill health in 2007, she had to leave her in-laws' house. Durgabati's lone son Alok Dash works in a private firm in Talcher and resides there along with his family. Alok previously wanted to take his mother with him to stay in Talcher, but Durgabati was not inte...