New Delhi: In a shocking incident, a seven year old boy was allegedly killed by his father while he was asleep in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore. Police said that the father killed him because of pressure from his stepmother.
The decesed boy, identified as Prateek, a Class 3 student, slept with his father on the night when he was murdered.
Prateek usually slept with his grandparents, but on Sunday he slept with his father Shashipal Munde, 26-year-old after he asked his son to sleep with him.
The boy’s father told police that he asked his sobn to sleep with him, which had cooler.
Prateek who was excited about the cooler, told his grandparents that he was going to his father’s room. This was the last time when Parteek was seen alive by his grandparents.
According to Police, Shashipal Munde, murdered his son Prateek after he fell asleep. He turned the volume of the TV volume high and then strangled him. He also tried to videocall his wife but she did not reply.
After killing Prateek, his father sent the video to his wife Payal. She is his third wife. After commiting the crime, Shashipal Munde ran away from his home.
On Thursday, Parteek and his wife Payal was arrested.
Shashipal told reporters that he sent the video and a message to his wife that Prateek will never trouble her as he had killed him.
Prateek’s stepmother had recenty given birt to baby boy and had allegedly told Shashipal that she wouldn’t return from her parent’s home unless he got rid of his son.
Prateek was Shashipal Munde’s son from his previous marriage.
Police officer Jaiveer Singh Bhadoria said that his third wife was very upset with Prateek since the very beginning.
Also, the video of Prateek’s murder was found on Shashipal Munde’s mobile phone.
However, Payal said she never asked her husband to kill his son, and she had nothing to do with the crime
