Surat: A 65-year-old woman and her youngest son were stabbed to death allegedly by her elder son following a dispute over division of the family’s property in Limbayat area of Surat Sunday. Police have arrested the accused.The deceased, Maheshwari, wife of Sudarshan Gonduru and a native of Telangana, had three sons: Srinivas, Ramesh and Raju. She was living with her youngest son, Raju.Limbayat police inspector D D Chauhan told TOI: “Maheshwari owned six shops generating a rental income of around Rs 60,000 a month which she gave to Raju (35) as she lived with him. Srinivas (48) was not happy with this and would often quarrel with his mother.”Police said community leaders and relatives had tried to convince Maheshwari, but she refused to divide the property and also declined to share the rental income. “Disturbed over this, Srinivas killed both his mother and youngest brother Raju,” he said.Police said Srinivas worked at a textile unit in Pandesara. His daughter was pursuing medicine, while his son was currently studying physiotherapy.According to police, Srinivas had also tried to kill his mother about two-and-a-half years ago, when the dispute had escalated to the police station. Police detained Srinivas, but no complaint was filed after the family reached a compromise.A week ago, the quarrel intensified again, prompting community leaders and relatives to intervene. The dispute allegedly escalated on Sunday morning when Srinivas arrived at the house around 7.30am and attacked his mother and younger brother with a knife, killing both, said police.The family lived on different floors of the same house in Sahajanand Society. Ramesh, the middle son, had shifted to SUDA Awas around two years ago as he was unhappy with the frequent disputes.Srinivas had also approached Limbayat police two years ago, demanding his share of the property. However, police did not initiate legal action, treating it as a personal family matter. Police detained Srinivas before he could leave the city and launched further investigation.
