The Gurugram police on Tuesday arrested a woman for allegedly strangling her 8-year-old son to death in a village here, officialsඣ said.
The woman's motive behind the crime is yet to be ascertained, however it is suspect🔯ed that the woman killed her son as he came to know🦋 of her alleged illicit relationship with a man, they added.
The accused woman, aged 28, has confessed to the murd𝄹er of her son, which took place in Sirhaul village here, the police said.
Accoܫrding to the police, information was received on Monday afternoon about the death of the child from a private hospital. When cops reached the hospital, they found there the parents of deceased, Arvind Kumar and his wife Poonam Devi.
The family hails from Lakhimpur Kheri 🧸in Uttar Pradesh, the police said.
Arvind Kumar, who works as a labourer, in his complaint at Sector 18 police station here said he was informed by a neighbour that his son had fallen ill. On reaching his rented house in Sirhaul, Kumar found a crowd gathered at his house and hi🎀s wife crying with their son lying unconscious next to her.
Ku♛mar said he along with others rushed the boy to a hospital w❀here doctors declared him dead
The complainant said he spotted injury marks on the neck of his son a🍸nd claimed his son was murdered, according to the police.
🌃Based on Kumar's complaint, an FIR was registered against unknown persons under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code at Sector 18 police station on Monday, the officials said.
Upon probing the case, the police identified the ch🃏ild's mother as the suspect and arrested Devi on♓ Tuesday, they added.
"The accused woman confessed to the murder of her son but the actual cause behind the murder is yet to be revealed," ACP (Crime) Va𒈔ruไn Dahiya said.
It is suspected that the woman was allegedly in an illicit relation🐻ship which the son came to know of. However, the matter is being investigated and the woman is being questioned further, the ACP said.
