New Delhi, September 14: Lakshya A “revengeful” aunt allegedly strangled her eight year old nephew to teach his father a lesson for interfering in her marital life.
The shocking incident happened in Madhu Vihar area in New Delhi on Sunday afternoon and the accused Shivangi went to a police station soon after the incident to own up the murder, a story which the cops initially found hard to believe.
Shivangi took Lakshya, a class III student of Amity School, out of his flat in Sitaram Apartments on the pretext of going for a walk, a senior police official said.
“She told his parents that they were going for a walk. But she went upstairs, strangled him and dumped his body in a water tank in the apartments. From there she went to a police station where she surrendered,” the official said.
—Agencies