'Hid abuse fearing humiliation': UP woman slits son's throat for ‘repeated sexual assault’, arrested

BIJNOR: A 56-year-old woman in Bijnor was arrested for allegedly killing her 32-year-old son by slitting his throat, police said on Sunday. Police said that the woman claimed she was 'sexually assaulted' repeatedly by her addict son.During interrogation, the woman confessed that on Aug 7, 2025, her son returned home around 11 pm in an inebriated state while her husband was asleep in the courtyard and sexually assaulted her, said police. In a fit of rage, she stabbed him several times, resulting in his death on the spot.After the attack, the woman tried to put the blame on an unknown person. She told her family an hour later that someone had killed her son, and his body was subsequently found in a cot. However, there were inconsistencies in the woman's murder. During sustained questioning, she confessed to have committed the crime, and was arrested subsequently, said police.The deceased's father initially lodged a complaint on Aug 8 at Mandawali police station, reporting that an unknown individual had murdered his son with a sharp weapon. An FIR under BNS section 103(1) (murder) was filed against unidentified persons. SP (city) Sanjeev Vajpayee said, "During interrogation, the woman said she hid the assaults from her family out of fear of humiliation."