Tamil Nadu shocker: Mother kills 3-month old baby boy before setting herself on fire

A 25-year old woman allegedly killed her three-month old baby boy by setting him on fire before committing self-immolation in the district on Monday, police said.

Thenmozhi immolated herself and the child by using kerosene in a room in her parent's house at Thookanaickken Palayam village this morning.

Hearing cries, others in the house rushed and saw the two engulfed in flames. After dousing the flames, they rushed the woman and child to a nearby hospital where doctors declared them brought dead.

The motive for the woman taking the extreme step was under investigation, police said.

She had been staying at her parent's house since giving birth to the boy.

In a similar case in July this year, a mother stabbed her her six-year-old son  to death while giving a bath in Punjab's Bathinda.

The accused allegedly attacked her only son with a dagger while giving him a bath at home in Bhai Mati Dass Nagar, said Bathinda Station House Officer (Civil Lines) Rashpal Singh.
The boy suffered injuries in chest and abdomen and died on the spot, the police said. 

Police said they were yet to ascertain the reason behind the attack and the matter was being investigated.

The accused has been arrested and a case under relevant section of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against her, they said. 

Also in another shocking case in February this year, a woman allegedly killed her 25-day-old daughter in Delhi's Vinod Nagar area as she had got fed up of her crying.

The woman killed the new born by throwing her into a dustbin. The woman confessed to have committed the crime and told the police that she was ''tired of her crying''. 

(With agency inputs)