Case registered against man for having sex with dead body of 70-year-old mother

Indore: A man was left shocked when he allegedly had sex with the dead body of his 70-year-old mother on a road in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city, police said on Monday. An offense has been registered against the 22-year-old man under Indian Penal Code section 297 (insulting any human dead body), but no arrests have been made so far, an official said. Palasia Commissionerate chief Jagdish Prasad Jamre told PTI that the accused allegedly had sex with his mother’s body on the road in Badi Gwaltoli area on the night of December 1 and 2. He said that after getting information about the incident, the police met the accused and found out that he was not feeling mentally well. The officer said the elderly woman, who was suffering from a pulmonary disorder, was admitted to the government hospital Maharaja Yashwantrao due to difficulty in breathing. “After his death, the accused recovered the body from the hospital,” he said, adding that post-mortem would be conducted. The accused was sent for medical examination and has not been arrested, the officer said. Another police investigating the case said that two students living in a hostel in the area captured the incident on their mobile phones and informed the police.