Man kills wife, infant son for dowry

Kanpur, 17 Dec 2012(TNN): A man allegedly killed his wife and eight-month-old son for dowry on Saturday night. Phoolchandra, of Taluqapur Majre Mawaiyya village in Fatehpur district, killed his wife Seema Devi (24) and son Atul Kumar by giving them poison.

 

They were rushed to the hospital, where doctors pronounced them dead on arrival. Deputy superintendent of police Janardan Tewari said, "They were gasping for breath when they were brought to the hospital and doctors later pronounced them dead on arrival." Police sent the bodies for postmortem.

 

According to the police, Phoolchandra married Seema of Pharsi village in Fatehpur district a couple of years back and the two had an eight-month-old son. On Saturday night, he entered into a fight with his wife and ordered her to bring a two-wheeler and Rs 50,000 from her parents.

 

"Phoolchandra, who wanted more dowry, started abusing and beating his wife. He then fed his wife and infant a meal laced with poison and fled. Post mortem will throw up more details on the murders," added a police official.

 

The woman’s father Chedi Lal has accused his son-in-law of killing his daughter and eight-month-old grand-son and filed a complaint with the police.

 

"Since their marriage, Phoolchandra had been harassing my daughter to bring more dowry and he used to beat her regularly," said Chedi Lal, the father-in-law of the accused.

 

An FIR has been lodged in this connection against Phoolchandra and his parents. "It is a case of dowry death," said a police official at Thariyaon police station.

 

The police arrested Seema’s father-in-law Vishal but have not been able to arrest her husband Phoolchandra, who has been absconding.