A 29-year-old woman was arrested in Faridabad for attempting to kill her two-year-old son by slitting his throat, police officers aware of the matter said Thursday.
Her husband and mother-in-law had left for work. The boy fainted, and the other children started crying. The boy was taken to Badshah Khan Civil Hospital, where doctors performed emergency surgery and shifted him to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi for further treatment.
Police got married to her husband, 32, five years ago and has an eight-month-old son, a two-year-old son, and a four-year-old daughter. The incident took place between 1.30 pm and 2 pm on Wednesday when the woman was alone with the children, according to police.
Police officers involved in the case said the motive behind the incident appears to be the woman’s frustration with caring for her children alone at home. This alerted the neighbours, and they came in to check, police said. Investigators said that the father and neighbours alerted police. “During questioning, the woman told police that she had become frustrated by handling the children all alone every day,” he added.
On Wednesday, the boy started crying and the woman, in a fit of rage, picked up a cutter blade and slit his throat. Yadav said that the woman was arrested on Thursday and the blade used in the incident was also seized from the house.
