Woman strangles 3-yr-old son while talking to ‘lover’; booked

Mathura: A 32-year-old woman was booked for allegedly strangling her three-year-old son to death here last month after the child kept crying while she was on a call with her alleged lover, police said on Tuesday.

The matter came to light after the woman’s husband overheard the accused narrating the incident to her lover on Monday. She subsequently admitted to the act before her family and the police, they said.

According to the police, the incident took place on June 28 in Chhauli village under Baldev police station area. The child’s father, Krishna Murari Gupta, who runs a medical store, was at his shop when his wife, Ruchi Jindal, called him saying that their son had fallen ill after crying continuously and had stopped responding.