MEERUT: A woman and her lover were arrested in connection with the alleged strangling of her six-year-old son, whom they reportedly killed as he was seen as an obstacle, police said on Saturday.Superintendent of police (Rural) Abhijeet Kumar said that on June 16, Gurpreet Kaur filed a missing person complaint for her son, alleging that Arpit Sharma, a resident of Muzaffarnagar, had taken the child away in a car.A case was registered at Bahsuma Police Station the same day, following which police launched a manhunt for Sharma.Sharma was later arrested and, during interrogation, allegedly confessed that he was in an affair with Gurpreet Kaur and considered her child an obstacle to their relationship. He further admitted to strangling the child and dumping the body in the forests of Hastinapur.Acting on his disclosure, police recovered the body from the forest area and sent it for post-mortem examination.The SP said that further investigation and evidence pointed to Gurpreet Kaur’s involvement in the crime, following which she was also arrested on Friday.Sharma has already been sent to jail after being produced before the court, while Gurpreet Kaur will be produced before the court for remand proceedings.(With agency inputs)
