Letter: A memo dealer allegedly killed his 12-year-old son by pushing him to the river but from the bridge to take revenge from his isolated wife.
The police arrested a 31-year-old man Saeed Shaikh who previously claimed that his son Jakir accidentally fell from the Vivekananda Bridge while clicking Selfie on Sunday.
Jakir’s body was filled with firefighters on Monday near Shiter Cross Road on the banks of the river.
“We suspect some mistakes because it is difficult to believe that Shaikh claims that the boy sat on the wall of the bridge parapet,” said a police officer at the Rander Police Station.
The investigation has so far revealed that Shaikh has developed a bitter dispute with his wife after that he went to live with his parents in Chikhli from Buldhana in Maharashtra five years ago.
“Shaikh wants to hurt the child to take revenge from his wife as he returns.
He tried to hurt the child in the past too,” a police officer said.
He took the boy to the city against his wife’s wishes, and on Sunday, he told his son that they would go to buy crackers.
But he took him to the bridge and pushed him from the limiting wall.
He then shouted to help and made the story that it was an accident while clicking Selfie.