Kolkata:
Eleven-year-old Argha Haldar was beaten to death with a cricket bat by his father in Kolkata's Konnagar. Neighbours say, father's fury might have been as a result of discord between the husband and wife.
The boy was apparently killed on December 1 but the body only discovered today. The father telephoned the mother - who was away - to tell her about his heinous act and is now absconding.
Haldar was battered to death by his father Dasarath, who later called his wife in Jamshedpur on December 1 to tell her that he had killed her son.
"The wife Falguni Haldar has filed an FIR. We recovered the body after breaking open the door. Dasarath Haldar is absconding. We are looking for him," said KP Barui, SDPO, Sreerampur.
A CRPF personnel, the wife lives separately and didn't believe her husband as he had made empty threats in the past. But she went to the police on December 8, as her husband and son were missing. Neighbours also complained to the police about a foul smell coming from the flat.
"There was trouble between the husband and wife. The husband, Dasarath Haldar, was bad tempered. The husband's anger led him to hit the boy," said Ashish Tapadar, Neighbour.
Dasarath apparently suspected his wife of infidelity and believed that Argha wasn't really his son. But that, say neighbours, is simply no excuse for battering the boy to death.
The boy was apparently killed on December 1 but the body only discovered today. The father telephoned the mother - who was away - to tell her about his heinous act and is now absconding.
Haldar was battered to death by his father Dasarath, who later called his wife in Jamshedpur on December 1 to tell her that he had killed her son.
"The wife Falguni Haldar has filed an FIR. We recovered the body after breaking open the door. Dasarath Haldar is absconding. We are looking for him," said KP Barui, SDPO, Sreerampur.
A CRPF personnel, the wife lives separately and didn't believe her husband as he had made empty threats in the past. But she went to the police on December 8, as her husband and son were missing. Neighbours also complained to the police about a foul smell coming from the flat.
"There was trouble between the husband and wife. The husband, Dasarath Haldar, was bad tempered. The husband's anger led him to hit the boy," said Ashish Tapadar, Neighbour.
Dasarath apparently suspected his wife of infidelity and believed that Argha wasn't really his son. But that, say neighbours, is simply no excuse for battering the boy to death.
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