Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council chairman Ramesh Yadav's son Abhijit Yadav Photo Credit: ANI Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council chairman Ramesh Yadav's son Abhijit Yadav

Lucknow: In a shocking turn of events, the police have revealed that the son of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council chairman Ramesh Yadav was killed by none other than his mother Meera Yadav. The MLC’s wife was arrested by the police on Monday for the crime.

Abhijit Yadav, 23, was found dead at his father’s Darulshafa official flat yesterday. Initial reports suggested that Abhijit had died of cardiac arrest.

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The police first detained Ramesh’s wife and Abhijit’s mother Meera yesterday for questioning. After sustained interrogation, she broke down and admitted to killing her son. She had killed Abhijit by strangulating him.

Earlier, Meera had told family members and neighbours that Abhijit had returned home late on Saturday drunk. He was not feeling comfortable and was restless through the night. According to her, Abhijit also had pain in his left arm for which she had applied soothing balm on his chest. Abhijit, however, was dead by the next morning, she had told neighbours.

It was at the behest of some family friends, who alleged foul play, that the police stopped Abhijit’s funeral procession and a post-mortem was conducted. The autopsy confirmed "strangulation" as the cause of Abhijit’s death.

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Police became suspicious of Meera Yadav as she changed her account often during interrogation. According to Sarvesh Mishra, superintendent of police (SP-East), Abhijit had come home drunk and misbehaved with the accused, after which she strangulated him in a fit of rage.

Meera Yadav is the second wife of the UP MLC – she had recently resigned from her job at the state Tourism Department and had been staying at the Darulshafa flat with her two sons Abhishek and Abhijit.