Indore Man Strangles Son, 7, In Sleep Because Third Wife Hated Him: Cops

According to the police, when the man's son fell asleep, he turned up the TV volume and strangled him.

A seven-year-old boy was murdered in his sleep allegedly by his father because of pressure from his stepmother, the police said on Tuesday in Madhya Pradesh's Indore.

Prateek, a Class 3 student, usually slept with his grandparents. On Sunday, his 26-year-old father, Shashipal Munde, allegedly told him to sleep in his room, which had a cooler.

The boy, excited about the cooler, told his grandparents he was going to his father's room. That was the last they saw him alive.

According to the police, when his son fell asleep, Shashipal turned up the TV volume and strangled him. He allegedly tried to videocall his wife, but she didn't take it.