India, Feb. 17 -- A 57-year-old woman in the Prakasam region of Andhra Pradesh, with the help of family members, murdered her son and then dismembered his body into five pieces, police said on Saturday.

The 57-year-old, K Lakshmi Devi allegedly killed her 35-year-old son, K Shyam Prasad, on February 13, news agency PTI quoted as saying Prakasam Superintendent of Police, AR Damodar.

Devi allegedly instigated the killing of Shyam Prasad, a cleaner, with the assistance of her family.

"Unable to bear her son's perverted and indecent behaviour, she (Lakshmi Devi) killed him," Damodar said.

The SP added that Shyam Prasad had also acted inappropriately with his aunts and other family members in Hyderabad, Khammam and Bengaluru.

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