Udaipur: A man allegedly killed his mother and injured his father with an iron rod following a dispute over voting in a sarpanch election in Mahuwada village of Udaipur Friday morning, police said.Police detained accused Rahul Parmar, who also suffered a head injury during the scuffle and is undergoing treatment.Kalyanpur police station SHO Sohanlal Bamaniya said Rahul began quarrelling with his father Lalchand for not voting for his cousin after counting ended. He allegedly attacked Lalchand with a rod.Rahul’s mother Pushpa and elder brother Ganesh Parmar rushed to the scene after hearing screams and intervened. Rahul struck Pushpa on the head and also attacked Ganesh before fleeing.Ganesh took his injured parents in a private vehicle to Dungarpur District Hospital, where doctors declared Pushpa dead. Lalchand remains under treatment.Police said Lalchand’s brother’s wife and another brother’s son, both Mahuwada residents, had contested the sarpanch election. Lalchand’s brother’s wife won and the nephew lost when results were declared late Thursday night.Ganesh said Rahul had returned home after drinking and accused their father of not voting for his cousin before attacking him.
