India News | Mentally Unstable Man Kills Two-year-old Grandson in Uttarakhand
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Pithoragarh (U' A man hacked his two-year-old grandson to death here with a sharp-edged weapon and injured his paternal grandfather when he intervened, police said on Tuesday.
Pithoragarh (U'khand), Nov 22 (PTI) A man hacked his two-year-old grandson to death here with a sharp-edged weapon and injured his paternal grandfather when he intervened, police said on Tuesday.
The incident took place in Gargua village under Dharchula sub-division on Monday, they said.
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The toddler was lying in the sun after a bath when the accused, his grandfather from his mother's side of the family, attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon, said Station House Officer (SHO), Dharchula, Kunwar Singh Rawat.
The boy's paternal grandfather was injured when he tried to stop the accused, he said.
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"The mother of the child, Kavita Devi, his grandmother and other members of the family managed to save themselves by locking themselves up in a room," Rawat said.
The accused is mentally unstable and has been arrested. He is a resident of Kot Chapri village in Nepal, he said.
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