Solapur: Woman held for killing her baby over constant crying

KOLHAPUR: The Solapur police have arrested a woman on the suspicion that she strangled her nine-month-old boy with a mobile charger cord. The woman told the police that she was “mentally disturbed” by the constant crying of the baby.
Initially, the woman had filed a police complaint stating that a robber had barged into her house and attacked her. She said the robber also tied her up, before strangling her son using the wire of a mobile charger. The man also fled with a gold chain weighing 2gm, she told the police in her initial statement.
Solapur police said the incident took place on August 22 at the Wangaradi village of Barshi tehsil of Solapur district.
Siddheshwar Bhure, the deputy superintendent with Barshi police division, said, “We had a suspicion about the complaint given by the woman. We took the help of the local crime branch. After investigating for three days, we found that there were no signs of any theft and no robber had broken into the house.”
The police then questioned the woman again. This time, she confessed to having killed her child. “She has claimed that she was mentally disturbed due to the constant crying of the baby. We have filed a case under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code,” Bhure said.
Bhure said the woman was arrested on Tuesday and has been remanded in police custody. The police may add more charges related to the false complaint she registered earlier. The police are investigating whether she was assisted by any other person to carry out the crime.