For the death of a 2 1/2 year old toddler father taken into custody

For the death of a 2 1/2 year old toddler father  taken into custody

In the east Virapana  area in Hiniduma a 2 1/2 year old child has been strangulated to death .In this connection the Hiniduma police has

taken the father of the toddler to custody on suspicion.

The dead child is a sibling of his second marriage. It is reported that the father and mother of the child have been always quarrelling. On that day the two have had a big argument and after that the second wife had left the house on the 05th instant. The police suspects that the father may have killed the child as a result of the argument they have had.

The grandmother of the child also had died about five days ago and the after strangulation the body had been taken to  the same cemetery and  left close to the grave. The post mortem and the judicial inquiry of the dead child was to be conducted on the 06th instant