Overview
- The killing took place in Jirina village in Bhadrak district on Sunday and residents alerted police who detained the accused and later produced him before a local court.
- Police say the 25–26-year-old suspect told investigators he suspected his mother of practising black magic, and officers are treating that claim as a possible motive.
- Family members and initial police reports say the suspect had suffered mental-health problems for several months, a factor authorities are examining as part of the probe.
- Bant police registered a murder case (reported as FIR 192/26), a forensic team visited the scene, and the body was sent to the district hospital for post-mortem.
- Reporters noted differing details in early accounts, including two names given for the deceased, and officials pointed to two other recent kin-on-kin killings in Angul and Ganjam that weekend as part of a wider pattern of family violence in the state.