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During interrogation he revealed that the accused wanted to migrate to Canada but his family wanted him to get married first.

Krishan Kant was later arrested from the same area and a case of murder has been registered against him, the officer added. (Representative image)

A 50-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her son allegedly after she did not allow him to move to Canada for work, police here said on Saturday.

The incident took place in Molarband village in Badarpur area of ​​southeast Delhi, they said.

After killing his mother on the night of November 6, the accused, Krishna Kant (31), called his father Surjeet Singh (52) and asked him to come home, they said.

When Singh reached home, Krishan Kant said “sorry” to him and asked him to go upstairs and see for himself what he had done, said deputy commissioner of police (southeast) Ravi Kumar Singh.

On reaching the first floor of the house, Singh found his wife Geeta lying in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds on her body, he said, adding that during this the accused managed to flee.

Singh immediately rushed Geeta to Apollo Hospital, where she was declared brought dead, police said.

The DCP said Singh has two children. While his youngest son, Sahil Bholi (27), works in a bank. Krishan Kant was unemployed and a drug addict.

“Both the children are not married and at the time of incident only Geeta and the accused were present at home,” the officer said.

Krishan Kant was later arrested from the same area and a case of murder has been registered against him, the officer added.

During interrogation, he revealed that he wanted to immigrate to Canada but that his family wanted him to get married first.

On the day of the murder, the argument between mother and son broke out and Krishan Kant ended up stabbing Geeta with a knife he bought some time ago, police said.

Singh is into properties and has an office located on Tanki Road in Jaitpur, the officer said.

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed. PTI)