India, Oct. 21 -- In a gruesome incident on Diwali morning, a 40-year-old man allegedly slit his mother's throat with a knife at their house in Sector 40, Chandigarh, police said on Tuesday.

The victim, Sushila Negi, was found dead in her room. The accused, her younger son Ravinder Negi, alias Ravi, who is an employee of Panjab University's examination branch, was later arrested from Sonepat.

The police said the incident took place around 7am on Monday when residents heard Sushila's screams. When they rushed to check, they found the door of the house locked from inside. After several attempts to open it, neighbours entered the house through the roof and discovered Sushila lying dead with her throat slit, while her son had already fled....