Bengaluru: Woman kills 6-year-old son for beating up his 2-month-old sibling

Team Udayavani, Dec 13, 2020, 1:05 PM IST

Bengaluru: In a shocking incident, a 26-year-old woman strangled her six-year-old son to death as he was beating up his two-month-old brother. The incident took place in Pattanagere in RR Nagar police limits on Saturday afternoon.

Woman identified as Devi is married to Teja Ram, and the couple had two sons. The family hails from Rajasthan.  Devi has been arrested by police officials on charges of murdering her son Manish.

Sources claim, Devi had earlier beaten up her kids and is also undergoing treatment for her mental illness.

The incident took place at their house around 12.45 pm as Devi found Manish beating the newborn and warned him not to do so. But, as he did not stop, Devi hit him and took him to the bedroom. She allegedly first tried to smother him by forcing a pillow against his face. But as he continued screaming, she took her dupatta and strangled him to death.

Later, she panicked and informed her husband, as he reached home, Devi narrated him the incident. Teja Ram contacted a relative and took the boy in the relative’s car to a private hospital, where Manish was declared brought dead.

Teja Ram then informed the police officials regarding the incident.