TIRUPATI: In a gruesome incident, a man killed his own child suspecting his wife’s fidelity, in

mandal of

on Sunday.

Rajendra, a resident of Rajiv Colony of Vempalle town, grew suspicious of his second wife Krishida, who delivered a child three months back.

He had been fighting with her that the baby girl did not belong to him. Not able to find the baby on Friday, she searched for her in the vicinity and finally lodged a complaint with the Vempalle police.

Upon investigation, Rajendra agreed to have killed the child and buried it in the Papaghni riverbed. He later took the police to the spot, from where the body was exhumed, watched by the shocked residents of the locality.

The accused was promptly arrested and taken into police custody.