Man flees after strangling 6-month-old son to death, search on

A man allegedly strangled his six-month-old son to death following a domestic dispute in a village here and fled the spot, police said on Tuesday. The couple, along with their infant son Zeeshan, had come to Khatuns paternal home a month ago.

A man allegedly strangled his six-month-old son to death following a domestic dispute in a village here and fled the spot, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place in Javahi Narendra village in the Taryasujan area on Monday night, they said. According to the police, Reshmi Khatun, a resident of the village, was married to Salman, a resident of Hardoi district, four years ago. The couple, along with their infant son Zeeshan, had come to Khatun's paternal home a month ago. ''The couple reportedly had frequent arguments. Following a fresh dispute on Monday night, the family went to sleep on the same bed. When Khatun woke up in the early hours of Tuesday, she found her husband missing and her son lying dead next to her with strangulation marks on his neck,'' a police official said. Suspecting her husband, Khatun called Salman on his mobile phone, who informed her that he had already reached Gorakhpur. She subsequently alerted the local police. Taryasujan Station House Officer Ram Sahai Chauhan said, ''Based on the mother's allegation that the infant was strangled to death by his father, we have taken the body into custody and sent it for a post-mortem.'' A hunt has been launched to nab the accused, and further investigation is underway, the SHO added. SHS SHS