Man kills infant son in Kaushambi village

PRAYAGRAJ: In a shocking incident, a man allegedly hit his infant (one-and-a-half months old) son on ground which resulted in his death, in Kamasin village under the limits of Saini police station of Kausahmbi district, late on Thursday night.
The accused father, identified as Ravi Kumar, is on the run. Superintendent of police (Kaushambi) Brijesh Kumar Srivastava told TOI, “Two police teams have been engaged to ensure the arrest of accused father.” SP, however, said that the incident took place when the father in an inebriated state, snatched the infant from his mother’s lap and hit him on ground. The infant died on spot. SP said, “Kumar did love marriage with Muskan Maurya of same village about two years back and the couple had one-and-half-month old infant.” Ravi was addicted to liquor and this led to squabbles between the wife and husband frequently. About a fortnight back, Ravi had exchanged heated arguments with his wife Muskan. She along with her infant left her husband’s house and went to her parents house. Three days back, Ravi visited his in-laws and brought his son (infant) back alone claiming that his mother, sister and other family members would be able to take care of him (infant).
On Thursday late night, Ravi exchanged heated arguments with his family members over some issue and snatched the infant from his mother’s lap and hit him on ground which resulted his death on the spot. The accused escaped from the house.
On Friday morning, the family members of accused father approached police and narrated the sequence of events. An FIR under appropriate section was registered in this connection with Saini police station.