Delhi: Shocking! Mother, live-in partner thrashes her 4-year-old son down the stairs, chokes him to death

In a shameful incident, a couple in a live-in relationship was arrested by the Delhi police for the murder of the woman’s four-year-old son. Both the accused throw the minor down the stairs said police.

According to reports, the accused identified as Komal and Ravikar were living together as a live-in partner in Uttam Nagar area of west Delhi. The boy was Komal's son from her first marriage.

However, both Komal and her husband did not want to keep the child, the woman left her husband and decided to take the kid with her.

"Though the child was living with his mother both her and Ravikar hated him and finally, the man decided to murder him," a senior police officer said.

According to the police officer, the boy was first thrashed by Ravikar, thrown down the stairs and then strangled to death. "The post-mortem report revealed that the child was thrashed badly before being choked to death. During the interrogation, the accused also accepted the same," the officer added.

The incident came to light after a neighbour suspected the couple has lied about the child’s death. They had told the entire neighbourhood that the child died after accidentally falling down the stairs. Following the doubt, they informed the police, who investigated the incident.