Raipur, Apr 19 (PTI): A man allegedly bludgeoned his 70-year-old mother to death after she refused to give him Rs 200 to purchase a dog in Chhattisgarh's Raipur on Friday, police said.

The accused, Pradeep Dewangan (45), also allegedly injured his wife during the attack that occurred in Nageshwar Nagar under the Urla police station limits around 8 am, station house officer B L Chandrakar said.

He said Dewangan was eager to purchase a puppy for Rs 800 and was falling short of Rs 200, which he sought from his mother, Ganeshi.

The official said the accused, an e-rickshaw driver, has two sons and a daughter.

Chandrakar said Dewangan bludgeoned the victim to death with a hammer after she refused to give him money, and he also assaulted his wife, Rameshwari.

The accused managed to escape from the spot when his 15-year-old son intervened and alerted the neighbours about the attack, he said.

The police reached the spot and rushed the two women to a hospital, where Ganeshi succumbed to injuries during treatment, he said.

The official said efforts were on to nab the accused, and a case of murder has been registered against him.

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Chandigarh: A resident of a village in Haryana’s Kaithal was arrested for allegedly passing on sensitive information to the Pakistan army and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) during the recent Indo-Pakistan conflict.

The accused is identified as Devendra, a resident of Mastgarh Cheeka village in Kaithal.

During questioning, it was revealed that he went to Pakistan in November last year through the Kartarpur corridor and was sharing sensitive information with officers of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence agency, as reported by NDTV on Saturday.

"Intelligence information was received by the district police of Kaithal. On that basis our special detective staff arrested Devendra, son of Narwal Singh, resident of village Mastgarh Cheeka," news agency quoted DSP Kaithal Veerbhan as saying.

He added that the individual regularly shared details about the ongoing India-Pakistan dispute, as well as information related to Operation Sindoor, with the Pakistani Army and intelligence agency ISI.

The police are now conducting a detailed investigation of the electronic devices seized from him at the cyber police station.