India, Nov. 12 -- A nine-month-old boy, whose body was exhumed in Ghaziabad from Bayana village near National Highway-9 after his mother suspected murder on Tuesday, died of strangulation, officials said on Wednesday, citing the autopsy report.

On Tuesday, the child's mother, 24, had alleged that her husband, 26, murdered him while she was out for work on Monday morning.

"After the body was exhumed and sent for autopsy, the report on Wednesday indicated strangulation as the cause of death. The boy was murdered. We already have a police complaint from his mother, who has raised suspicion about the boy's father. On the basis of the complaint, the police are registering a murder case at Wave City police station," said Priyashri Pal, ACP of...