A father allegedly under the influence of liquor burnt his two-year-old son alive after a heated argument with his wife at a village of Jalandhar district.
When Lakha Singh returned to his residence, his wife Manjeet Kaur sensed that he was drunk, objected to it and left the house after a heated argument with him at the couple's Kartarpur house, police said.
Irked over his wife's reaction, Lakha Singh took out some of her clothes and set them on fire. Later, Lakha allegedly forcibly dragged his son Pardeep (2) into the fire.
The child started crying but instead of pulling his son out of the fire, Lakha pushed him back. After a while, the child's aunt noticed the incident and rescued him.
The child with burn injuries was rushed to a nearby hospital where he succumbed, police said adding a case had been registered in connection with the incident.
Lakha Singh fled from the spot, and efforts were on to arrest him, police sources said, adding the villagers on Friday forcibly shut down the nearby liquor vends.
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