Pramesh S Jain
A 45-year-old home alone woman was found murdered at her house in Hongasandra in Bommanahalli in the early hours of Saturday.
The deceased Jayamma,native of Tamilnadu was living with her younger son,Girish, a KSRTC employee at a house five months ago.
Probe revealed that Jayamma had two sons and the elder son Umesh,also a driver by profession used to fight with mother frequently demanding share in the property.
Jayamma had sold her ancestral property.Elder Son Umesh who was staying separate used to come home and fight with her frequently .
The murder came to light on Saturday night when Girish friend Prabhakar Reddy,had come to drop groceries, found that she is not responding and asked the owner to help.
With the help of a spare key they opened the door to find Jayamma lying in pool of blood with multiple injuries on head .
She was smothered to death before being assaulted,a police officer said adding that the accused had smashed her head against the wall multiple times before smothering her to death.
The police are now on the lookout for the elder son,who is on the run.Efforts are on to track him down a senior officer said.