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BHOPAL: Annoyed by his persistent crying, a 22-year-old man in Sidhi district threw his 10-month-old child in a well.

The incident took place in Gajarhi village under Bahri police station of the district in the night of September 24. According to police, accused Luvlesh Kol first strangled the toddler and then threw his body in a well situated on his house's backyard. His wife told police that she was asleep as she was having high fever.

Speaking to TOI, head constable Hari Baksh Singh said, "After throwing the kid, he made a complaint at Barhi police station the next day claiming that his kid had been stolen. Later, when we got a tip-off, we rounded him up on Saturday night. During interrogation he broke down and confessed to the crime."

Singh added that the infant's body was recovered from the well the next day and Kol was produced before court which sent him to jail.

