Latur, Nov. 9 -- A 58-year-old man in Maharashtra's Latur district allegedly strangled his seven-year-old son to death, fearing that the child, born from his second marriage, would claim a share in his property, police said on Monday.
The decomposed body of the victim, Arman Yusuf Sayyed, was found in a drain in an agricultural field behind his house in Sul Galli on Sunday, an official said.
According to the police, the accused, Yusuf Mubarak Sayyed (58), had two wives and had registered his house in the name of a son from his first wife.
He had frequent quarrels with his second wife over her demand for the child's share in the family house.
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