Toddler choked to death by his maternal aunt
NEW DELHI, Feb 20: A woman allegedly choked her one-year-nine-month-old nephew to death at a park in northwest Delhi’s Mukherji Nagar area on Friday afternoon, police said.The 30-year-old woman, who is reportedly suffering from depression, allegedly attacked the boy in a park in Mukherji Nagar, where she had brought him to play, they said.After noticing the incident, a local resident rescued the child and rushed him to a nearby private hospital, where doctors declared him dead. In the video of the incident, the woman is seen sitting with the child’s body on her lap.While speaking to reporters, Rahul, a gardener in the area, who rescued the child, said that he heard some noise and rushed to the park to see what was happening.“After lunch, while we were sitting for a bit, we heard some shouting and rushed to the spot, and found a lady holding a child in her arms. The child was dead when I went closer,” the gardener said. (PTI)
Man kills sister over inter-faith relationship
SAMBHAL (UP), Feb 20: A 25-year-old man allegedly strangled his 21-year-old sister to death in UP’s Sambhal in what police suspect to be an honour killing linked to her relationship with a man from another community.The deceased’s father even justified the action by his son, saying it was correct to kill a girl who insults her family, they said. Jaane Alam made a PCR call informing that he had killed his sister Roop Jahan.A probe revealed that the woman was in a relationship with a man from another community, which enraged his brother, who strangled her in a fit of rage. ”We are Muslims, and he is a Saini. How could we have performed the marriage? The father said justifying the son’s actions. (PTI)
