Sultanpur (UP), Jan 8 (PTI) A 35-year-old woman on Sunday killed her infant son with a spade as part of some superstitious ritual, police here said.

The incident took place in Dhanudih village of the district, they said.

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Gosaiganj Police Station SHO Raghvendra Prasad Rawat said Manju at around 9 am on Sunday killed her four-month-old son hitting him with a spade.

He said that the woman had some sickness and she sacrificed her son to get rid of it.

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Manju's husband works as a labourer in Kanpur, police said.

She has been detained and is being interrogated, they added.

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