A woman and her brother on Wednesday allegedly strangled to death a five-year-old son of her neighbour over old enmity in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal, police said.
Talking to PTI, Jahangirabad police station in-charge Virendra Chauhan said that the woman, identified as Samreen and her younger brother Farzan, were arrested in connection with the incident.
There was a land-related dispute between the two families, who are relatives. As a fallout of the enmity, both the accused abducted the five-year-old named Fardeen from his residence in Jhada Colony of Jahangirabad and strangled him, he said.
After killing the boy, both the accused kept the body in a sack, but police arrested them from Chhola area before they could dispose it, Mr Chauhan added.
The accused have confessed to their crime and a case under IPC section 302 (murder) has been registered against them, he said, adding that further investigation was underway.
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