Bhubaneswar, March 26 -- A man allegedly strangled his mother to death at Pipilipali village under Sadar police limits in Bargarh district late on Saturday night.

The accused son has been identified as Kartika Bhue, a resident of Pipiliapali village.

According to a source, Kartika's mother was a kidney patient and was staying with him. He was treating hismother. For the last some days, Kartika had been under mental pressure due to his mother's disease.

On Saturday night, he came home in an inebriated state and before his mother could understand anything, he strangled her to death."We are staying outside the village. On being informed, we came today and found her body was lying," said Sushant Bhue, the deceased's elder son.

Informing a...