‘I want him sentenced to death’: UP woman after husband kills their seven-month old child

“He admitted to have strangled his infant son, Varun, to death,” said Circle officer, Faridpur, Sandeep Singh. “He claimed he committed the act in a fit of rage as the baby did not resemble him… he suspected the child was born from an extramarital relationship of his wife,” Singh added.

Further details came out during his questioning. 

Sompal, 30, worked as a labourer in Rajasthan. Police said he told them his wife had been living at her parents’ home in Boni village, in neighbouring Pilibhit district, for the past two months. He alleged that even in the past, she had frequently stayed there for extended periods, police said.

Sompal said five days ago, he returned home from Rajasthan and went to his wife’s village to bring her back. But she allegedly refused to come, police added.

So, on February 11, police said he forcibly took his children from his wife and got them home. Later that evening, police said he took Varun to a pond about 700 to 800 metres from the village — and allegedly killed him.

Police said he was suspicious about the infant’s paternity. Sompal alleged that Varun’s facial features did not resemble his and that his wife was having an illicit relationship with a man from her village, police said.

They recovered the child’s body from a wooded area, where Sompal had hidden it, on the outskirts of the village.

‘He should hang’

For Rajvati, the loss of her son has left her shattered.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Rajvati alleged her husband frequently assaulted her under the influence of alcohol, which was the reason she did not want to live with him. “A day before the killing, Sompal came home drunk and forcibly took both my children with him. I was alone at the time and did not have the courage to stop him,” she claimed.

“The next day, I came to know about the murder of my younger child from neighbours at my in-laws’ house.” She claimed her eight-year-old elder son is a witness to the incident. “When I heard about the killing, I was completely shattered.”

She further alleged that Sompal was now levelling false accusations against her in an attempt to defend himself in the case. “I want him to be sentenced to death. I will be the first woman to demand capital punishment for her own husband,” she said.