STEPMOTHER KILLS 8-YR-OLD BOY IN PATIALA, BOOKED

PATIALA:A week after the body of an eight-year-old boy was fished out from a pond, the district police on Sunday booked his stepmother for murder.

The accused, Kulwinder Kaur, 38, confessed that she had pushed the boy into the pond and had tried to make it seem that he had fallen while playing.

Kaur is the second wife of the complainant, Vinod Singh of Gharam village.

On May 3, Singh had told the police that his son had gone missing while playing in the village around 12.30pm. A search operation was launched to look for the missing child.

“The victim’s slippers were found near the pond and his body was discovered in the pond. The boy was rushed to the local hospital where doctors declared him brought dead,” police said.

Police had initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) on the basis of the family’s statements.