A person has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district for killing his six-year-old son as he suspected his spouse of infidelity, police mentioned on Saturday.

Police mentioned that Dharmesh, who hails from Sainjani village within the district, was arrested on Friday and the lifeless physique has been despatched for postmortem.

On Thursday Dharmesh had knowledgeable the police concerning the disappearance of his son Rajat whereas he was taking part in exterior the home after which a case was registered, SP Chakresh Mishra mentioned.

On the idea of CCTV footage, the lifeless physique of the kid was recovered from a sugarcane area on Friday.

Thereafter Dharmesh was interrogated and it got here to mild that he suspected his spouse’s character and used to usually beat the kid.

Mishra mentioned that Dharmesh had taken his son to the sugarcane area and killed him by making a noose round his neck with a shoelace.

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