Jharkhand : Man kills son by drowning him in pond

JAMSHEDPUR: A tribal man allegedly killed his 10-year-old son by drowning him in a pond in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, police said today.

The incident happened at Upper Soli village on Sunday, about 65 kilometres from here, under the jurisdiction of Dalbhumgarh police station, the police said.

The man



was arrested yesterday after the police fished out the minor's body from a pond located in an adjacent village, a police officer said.

During interrogation, the man said that he had killed his son as a result of a strained relationship with his wife, Officer-in-charge of Dalbhumgarh police station, Shyam Narayan Ojha, said.