Jashpur: Drunk College Student Beats Mother to Death After Argument Over Food

JASHPUR: A horrific incident has come to light from Gadhatoli village under the City Kotwali police station limits in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district, where a 22-year-old heavily intoxicated youth allegedly beat his biological mother to death following a dispute over food.

The suspect, identified as 22-year-old Roshan Minj alias Jindal, is a B.Com first-year student at Government Naveen College, Manora, and resides in a post-matric hostel. He had returned to his village home in Gadhatoli on November 2–3. According to reports, on the night of November 7, between 11:00 PM and 12:00 AM, Roshan arrived home heavily under the influence of alcohol after drinking with friends.

Upon returning, he demanded dinner from his mother, Venedikta Kujur. She informed him that food prepared earlier during the day was available and asked him to serve it himself. 

Enraged by her response, an argument broke out between the two. The dispute escalated rapidly, leading Roshan to pick up a partially burnt wooden stick near the hearth and repeatedly strike his mother on her hands, legs, and back. The severe assault caused her to collapse to the floor with critical injuries.

When the suspect's sister, who was sleeping in the house, attempted to intervene and save her mother, the accused assaulted her with a stick as well. He subsequently threatened his younger brother over not saving food for him before fleeing the scene toward Jurgum.

Immediately following the attack, the family members at home rushed the severely injured Venedikta to the Jashpur District Hospital via ambulance for emergency treatment.

At the time of the incident, the victim's husband, Surendra Minj, was away guarding an under-construction house in Dodkachowra. After receiving news of the assault from an acquaintance at around 7:00 AM on November 8, he arrived at the hospital, where his wife recounted the details of the attack.

Soon after he stepped out to purchase prescribed medicines for his daughter, Venedikta succumbed to her extensive injuries.

Following the husband's complaint, the police registered a case and initiated a murder investigation. 

During the probe, authorities took Roshan Minj into custody. Upon questioning, he confessed to committing the fatal assault on his mother with a partially burnt wooden stick in a fit of rage while intoxicated. Based on his disclosure, the police seized the murder weapon, conducted a forensic inspection of the crime scene, and sent the body for a post-mortem examination.