Punjab teenager shoots mom for drugs

Chandigarh: As mother refused to give money to buy drugs, a Punjabi teenage guy shot dead her and then was arrested by police. Police said the boy, aged around 16, fatally shot his mother Kulwinder Kaur with his father’s licensed gun in Kot Dharmu village. His father Kuldeep Singh was away from home when the shooting took place.

The boy used a 12 bore-rifle for the murder. The family members have alleged that the boy was a drug addict and continuously fought with his mother for money. The boy shot the mother in the abdomen in a fit of rage and fled the house. He later came back and was arrested. The neighbours rushed her to the hospital but she was declared brought dead. The father too is under arrest for keeping the firearm within the reach of his minor son.