Thane: A 26-year-old housewife was arrested for allegedly strangling her one-year-old son to death, apparently in a fit of anger over some issue at her home in Mumbra, police said on Friday.
The incident was reported to the police by the woman’s husband on Thursday.
After being alerted, police rushed to the spot and sent the child’s body for a post-mortem. They arrested the mother, who remained inside the house after committing the alleged crime. A probe is underway to ascertain the exact reason behind the murder, they added.