NAGERCOIL: Police have arrested a mother and her lover for strangling her one-year-old baby to death after giving alcohol. Prabisha (27) and her lover Samathuvapuram native Muhammad Saddam Hussain (32) were arrested for killing Aristo Bulan (one), the son of fisherman Cheenu, a native of Erayumanthurai.

The shocking incident took place on Thursday night. Prabisha and Sadam Hussain killed Aristo Bulan after he cried while they were drinking liquor. According to the police, after pouring liquor into the mouth of the child, the accused beat him on the head and then strangled him. The doctor who conducted the post-mortem informed the police that the child was brutally beaten for an hour after he was given alcohol.

The police said that Cheenu and Prabisha got married four years ago. It was during this time that Prabisha became close to Saddam Hussain, who was married three times. After this, Cheenu and Prabisha used to constantly quarrel. Following this, Prabisha fled with Saddam Hussain by taking his younger son, Aristo Bulan. The two, who were in Thoothukudi, reached Anchugramam on the 14th. Both Saddam Hussain and Prabisha had a habit of drinking liquor at night. On Thursday night, while the two were drinking, Aristo Bulen woke up and cried because of hunger. Saddam Hussain, who was drunk, went to the child and poured alcohol into his mouth. As the child continued to cry, the two beat him on the head and strangled him. After the child fell unconscious, Prabisha dipped the child in cold and hot water. However, the child did not regain consciousness. Following this, he was rushed to Asaripallam Medical College Hospital in Nagercoil. However, he was declared dead.