Overview

• Kardhani police took 31-year-old Naveen Singh into custody on the day of the assault and formally arrested him the next day, according to DCP Hanuman Prasad Meena.
• A family-shot video shows Singh punching and striking his mother, Santosh, with a stick in the kitchen as relatives tried to restrain him.
• The post-mortem documented 12 deep injuries and head wounds that investigators are treating as the likely cause of death.
• Police and family accounts say the violence followed a dispute over replacing an empty LPG cylinder at the home in Jaipur’s Arun Vihar locality.
• Investigators are examining his reported alcohol addiction, prior domestic complaints, a dowry case filed by his estranged wife in Bulandshahr, and a warrant issued by Uttar Pradesh Police.