Three men have appeared in court in Ghaziabad - a suburb of India's capital Delhi - in connection with the killing of their mother, police say.
The 55-year-old woman was allegedly beaten to death by her sons who thought she was possessed by an evil spirit.
Police are investigating the incident which has shocked residents. "A case has been filed under a law relating to culpable homicide not amounting to murder," Senior Superintendent of Police in Ghaziabad, Deepak Ratan said.
He said four people, including three sons of the woman, were arrested on Sunday.
Mr Ratan said the sons were well educated - one has an engineering diploma while the other is studying business management. The third is a senior school student.
The sons said they started beating their mother in order to rid her of the evil spirit of a relative who died a few months ago, Mr Ratan said.
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