NEW DELHI: In a bizarre case of teaching a lesson to her own sister’s family, a woman murdered her 30-month-old nephew and later hid his body in a water tank, officials said here on Friday. The accused woman, identified as Basanti, has been arrested by the police.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North) Ravi Kumar Singh said a PCR call regarding the theft of a child was received at Bawana police station, after which the cops rushed to the spot and met the caller, Basanti.
“Basanti told the police that it was her sister Reena’s child named Ayush who had gone missing, and someone might have stolen him,” the DCP said. Basanti informed the police that she found Ayush outside her house crying. Therefore, she took him inside and made him sleep in his parents’ room. When Ayush’s 7-year-old elder sister arrived and did not find her brother, she alerted the neighbors, after which Basanti made the PCR call.
“On checking CCTV footage, it was found that only Basanti had gone inside the house after taking the baby and came out after a few minutes. No one else had entered the house until the elder sister raised the alarm regarding the disappearance of the toddler,” the officer said.
The DCP said when the police were investigating and questioning people, including Basanti, they found her activities suspicious, following which the cops went inside the house and thoroughly checked every area. “The deceased child was finally recovered from the water tank,” the officer said.
Subsequently, Basanti was detained and thoroughly questioned during which she confessed to killing the baby because she had suspicions that Ayush’s father had stolen Rs 10,000 from her mother approximately 20 days back. “Basanti was having quarrels with her husband due to this, so she killed the baby to teach them a stringent lesson,” the officer said, adding a case of murder was registered, and the alleged woman was arrested.”