Bijnor (UP), Jun 12 (PTI) A woman allegedly hacked her four-year-old son to death and tried to burn his body inside their house here on Wednesday, police said.

Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Ram Arj said, "Kapil, a resident of Jalalpur village, informed police that his wife Aadesh Devi had killed their son Harsh and was burning his body inside the house."

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The incident occurred in the morning when Kapil had gone to his fields, police said.

When a police team reached the house, they found a partially burnt body of the minor, they said.

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Devi was arrested and an FIR has been registered in the matter, the officer said, adding that the minor's body has been sent for post-mortem.

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