Mumbai: In a shocking incident, a woman suffering from schizophrenia killed her 10-year-old son by strangulating him with mobile charging wire at government colony in Bandra area here.
According to the police, the woman is undergoing treatment for schizophrenia for the last one and a half years.
The Kherwadi police registered an FIR against the woman for the alleged murder after the son's father Ravindra Awate, filed a complaint.
The accused has been identified as 36-year-old Abhilasha Awate.
According to the police, the Awate couple have a 14-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son. They live in a two-bedroom flat in Government Colony in Bandra .The father was at work when the incident happened on Thursday between 7:30 PM and 7:45 PM.
On Thursday evening, Abhilasha, her son Sarvesh, and her daughter were at home. Abhilasha, who was reportedly not in a stable mental condition became angry for some reason, and her anger escalated. In a fit of rage, she dragged Sarvesh into the bedroom. The daughter called their father, saying that her mother might assault Sarvesh.
Abhilasha then locked the bedroom door from the inside and strangled Sarvesh with a mobile charging wire. Sarvesh died on the spot, police added.
