• By Raju Kumar
  • Mon, 16 Jun 2025 06:04 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND

UP Crime News: In a shocking incident, a woman and her second husband killed her five-year-old son in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur. The couple were arrested for allegedly strangling her the child. He was a child from her previous marriage.

The police on Monday said that the incident came to light when the child's biological father lodged a complaint.

Police said both the accused -- identified as Reshma from Barawa and Atiq from Jagdishpur -- have confessed to the crime. Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Atish Kumar Singh said Reshma was earlier married to Aziz from Chitaipur in Pratapgarh district.

The couple divorced over marital discord, after which Reshma married Atiq. They lived in a rented house in Godhna.

On Monday morning, Reshma allegedly took the lifeless body of her son Ilyas to her parental home in Barawa. When Aziz was informed about the boy's death, he alerted the police.

Based on his complaint, Mirganj Station House Officer Vinod Kumar and a police team reached the spot and took the body into custody.

Police said injury marks were visible on the boy's neck, leading to the suspicion that he was strangled. The body has been sent for post-mortem, the ASP said.

Woman, Her Husband Confess To Killing The Child

He said during interrogation, Reshma confessed that she and Atiq had indeed strangled the boy as Aziz sought the child's custody.

Pastor Arrested For Religious 'Conversion' In Ghaziabad

In another crime news from Uttar Pradesh, the state police arrested two individuals, including a pastor, in Ghaziabad for allegedly attempting to convert members of the Scheduled Castes by offering inducements.

The arrests followed a formal complaint lodged by resident Prabal Gupta at the Crossing Republic Police Station in Gaziabad on Sunday.

According to Gupta's statement, Pastor Vinod, originally from Kerala and currently residing in Sahibabad, was conducting religious conversion activities at the residence of Premchand Jatav in Rahul Vihar. Premchand had reportedly converted to Christianity several years ago and hosted weekly Sunday prayer meetings at his home.

(With agencies inputs)