Fatehpur, UP/IBNS: An Uttar Pradesh man killed his mother as a result of his addiction to online gaming so that he could claim her life insurance payout and settle his mountain of debt, police have said.

The shocking incident has been reported in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur where the accused, Himanshu, allegedly killed his mother to claim a Rs. 50 lakh insurance in her name.

He then disposed off her body near the Yamuna River bank.

According to the police, the accused was addicted to gaming on the popular platform Zupee. He was so addicted that his repeated losses prompted him to borrow and keep playing.

After a point, he realised he owed a huge debt amounting to nearly Rs. 4 lakhs. He then hatched the plan to kill his mother so that he could claim her life insurance policy money.

Himanshu first stole his paternal aunt's jewellery and used the money to buy life insurance policies worth Rs. 50 lakh each for his parents. Soon after, he allegedly choked his mother Prabha to death when his father was away, police said.

He put the body in a jute bag and drove his tractor to the Yamuna river bank to dispose off it.

Himanshu's father Roshan Singh, who had gone to the Chitrakoot temple, did not find his wife and son at home when he returned.

He asked around and then headed to his brother's home in the same locality. A neighbour then told him that he had seen Himanshu on the tractor near the river.

Police were called in and the body was recovered from near Yamuna.

Himanshu was arrested soon after. His questioning revealed the shocking plot a son hatched to murder his mother so that he could clear his debt.