Hindustan Times (Patiala)

WOMAN KILLS 6-YEAR-OLD SON FOR ‘LOVING HIS GRANDMA MORE’

- HT Correspond­ent letterschd@hindustant­imes.com

JALANDHAR: A woman stabbed her six-year-old son to death with a kitchen knife in Shahkot town of Jalandhar district because she thought he loved his grandmothe­r more than her, police said on Wednesday.

The mother, Kulwinder Kaur, 30, attempted suicide after killing her only child by jumping off the roof of her double-storeyed house at Sohal Jagir village in Shahkot sub-division on Monday night but survived.

Shahkot deputy superinten­dent of police Piara Singh said Kulwinder sustained injuries and is undergoing treatment at the civil hospital in Nakodar. She is reportedly out of danger.

Kulwinder’s husband works in Italy. She lived at the village along with her in-laws and son but her relations with her mother-in-law, Charanjit Kaur, were strained. The DSP said she was angry with her son for spending more time with his grandparen­ts, especially his grandmothe­r.

“After dinner on Monday, the child went to his grandparen­ts. An angry Kulwinder took him to her room and stabbed him twice with the kitchen knife. The grandparen­ts rushed to the room on hearing Arshpreet’s cries. Shocked to see him bleeding, they rushed him to hospital but he died on the way. Kulwinder told them that she had killed her child,” said Shahkot station house officer Sukhwinder Singh.

Following this, Kulwinder jumped off the roof of the house to commit suicide but escaped with injuries. A case of murder was registered against her.

THE WOMAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE AFTER KILLING HER ONLY CHILD BY JUMPING OFF THE ROOF IN SHAHKOT, BUT SURVIVES

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