Rohtak, Feb. 11 -- A 77-year-old woman was shot dead by her drunk son, who is a retired army personnel, at Charkhi Dadri's Loharwara village on Sunday evening, police said on Monday. The police arrested accused Sunil Kumar on Monday evening.

The deceased has been identified as Chandro Devi.

In her complaint to the police, the deceased woman's daughter-in-law Suman Devi, said that her husband Sunil Kumar was drinking alcohol on Sunday evening at home and her son had locked the room from outside.

"My husband was hurling abuse at us. Then, I went inside his room and spotted him with the licensed revolver. I came out of the room and went to another room with both my children. My husband fired shots at my mother-in-law, who was coming out o...