Acid poured into infant’s mouth; dead

Panipat, June 24

A four-month-old child was allegedly murdered by pouring acid into his mouth in Vikas Nagar Colony here.

The police have registered a case under Sections 302, 328 of the IPC against a woman, Lakshmi.

The deceased was identified as Harshit, son of Nawal Kishor. Kanta, mother of the deceased, said they were living in a rented accommodation in the Vikas Nagar. She said Lakshmi was also living in the same building.

Kanta said around a week ago, she had a feud with Lakshmi over the children. She went to take water on the first floor on Tuesday and her son Harshit was in a room.

As she returned, she saw Lakshmi coming out of her room. She saw her child was vomiting some acidic substance. The child was taken to the General Hospital, where he died on Thursday.

Kanta and her husband alleged Lakshmi had murdered their son by pouring acid into his mouth.

As per the postmortem report, some acidic substance (like toilet cleaner) was found in the stomach of the child, the police said Inspector Sunil Kumar. — TNS