JAIPUR: In a fit of rage, a man threw his 10-year-old son into a 80 feet deep well for going out to play without his permission at Nagla Shehzad village in

Kama

police station area of

on Friday.

Police said Johuruddin Khan first thrashed Irfan and then dumped him into the well filled with water. Though locals rushed to save Irfan, he was dead by the time he was fished out. Johuruddin has gone missing since then.

Kama SHO Vinod Savariya told TOI, “Irfan had gone out to play. When he returned, Johuruddin first beat him and then took him outside the house and dumped him into the well. It appears he was angry with his son for going out without his approval.”

“Soon after the incident, the villagers rushed out to save the kid and used buckets to remove water from the well. However, by the time they found the child, he was dead. We conducted autopsy on Saturday after which the body was handed over to the family,” said Savariya.

“Although we have no criminal cases against the accused, the locals claimed that he was short-tempered and irritating. When the incident took place, the child’s mother was not at home. Seeing the gravity of the crime, we have constituted a team to trace the accused. He will be arrested soon,” the SHO said, adding a case under IPC Section 302 (murder) has been registered against the accused.