India, Nov. 13 -- Days after a nine-month-old child's body was exhumed by police in Ghaziabad, his 26-year-old father was arrested on Thursday on murder charges, police officials said.

The development follows a police complaint filed by the boy's 24-year-old mother on Tuesday alleging that her husband killed their son while she was out for work and later buried the body. On Wednesday, the autopsy report also revealed that the death was due to strangulation.

"During interrogation, the man told police that he suspected his wife of being in a relation elsewhere, as she used to go out for work, and also that the child was not his. He also used to beat her up, and they had fought a couple of times recently. Locals also told police about the ...