LUCKNOW, May 19 -- An adolescent girl allegedly killed her mother with the help of a male friend, also a minor, in the woman's house in Chinhat here in the wee hours of Sunday, police said.

Not only did the two choke her and then slit her throat with a glass shard, but they also tried to stage the crime scene, they said, adding the duo wanted to flee to Bengaluru for which they had bought train tickets too.

The police found her statement inconsistent and questioned her further. Later, she confessed to the murder of her mother, Usha Singh, 40.

Deputy commissioner of police (East) Shashank Singh said the police found some phone numbers on Usha's phone. "After quizzing the callers, police zeroed in on the minor boy as a prime suspect," he...