India, Aug. 27 -- A murder in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district left residents shocked on Tuesday morning after a man allegedly hacked his mother to death with an axe and then sat beside her body for hours, singing and playing with sand.The incident took place around 5 am in Bendrerbhadra settlement of Kunkuri, where locals reported seeing the accused, identified as Jeet Ram Yadav, strike his mother, Gulabai, repeatedly until she died on the spot, Times of India reported.

Family members and neighbours raised the alarm, but no one approached as Yadav swung the axe at anyone nearby. By the time Kunkuri police arrived, hundreds of locals had gathered outside the house.

Jashpur Superintendent of Police Shashimohan Singh said that the exact ca...