Kanpur man kills three-year-old son for urinating on bed, arrested

KANPUR: A brick-kiln labourer has been arrested for beating to death his three-year-old son in Ghatampur area of the city on Tuesday allegedly for urinating on the bed. The accused was picked up by the police from his native village in Hamirpur where he had escaped with the body.
The incident came to light after the boy’s mother and maternal uncle reported the incident to the Hamirpur police, who detained and handed him over to the Ghatampur police on Wednesday in Hamirpur.
The police said the accused, Santraj, a brick-kiln labourer, after killing the boy also threatened his wife and their other children not to cry or tell anybody. In order to evade police action, he escaped with his son’s body and family to Chhani village of Hamirpur district.
Kanpur Nagar SP (rural) Brijesh Kumar Srivastava said, “Santraj flew into a rage after the child Ravindra, who was sleeping with him, soiled the bed on Tuesday night. He woke up and his son wake beat up the boy mercilessly in front of his wife. His wife and children begged mercy for Ravindra, but in vain. He kept on assaulting him until he died and then escaped with the body to his native village.”
“He also threatened his wife and children not to tell anyone,” the SP said, adding “Ravindra was the only son of the couple. They have two daughters.”
The deceased’s mother said, “He killed my son brutally in front of us, we begged mercy for him, but he threatened us of dire consequences.”
The accused has been booked under relevant sections of IPC, including 302 (murder) while the boy’s body has been sent for post-mortem examination.