Assam: Father strangulates 7-year son, hangs self in Gohpur

GUWAHATI, Nov 8: In a very tragic and shocking incident, a person allegedly strangulated his 7-year-old son to death and later hanged himself in Assam’s Gohpur.

While the body of the minor was recovered last night, the father, identified as Mriganka Saikia, was found hanging early Friday morning.

The motive of the crime is yet to be established.

The minor boy’s mother and Mriganka’s wife was not at home when he allegedly snuffled out his son’s life, suffocating the minor child with a blanket.