A two-year-old boy Ganesh, who was kidnapped by a woman Laxmi two days ago, was rescued with the arrest of the latter by the Sultan Bazar police on Monday.
The woman hailing from Pitlam of Nizamabad district abducted the boy as the baby boy she had given birth to died earlier. Laxmi working as labourer picked up Ganesh and his elder sister Saritha from their house in Kattelaguda of Osmanpura on Saturday evening.
Later, she abandoned the girl at the Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station and took the boy to her village. On learning that the boy was last seen with her, the police tracked and caught her on Monday.
Woman beats husband to death
A tractor driver V. Shiva (32), was beaten to death by his wife Soni in their house at Ramakrishnapuram of Neredmet, the police said on Monday. The driver used to harass his wife and torture her daily having got addicted to liquor, the police said.
On Sunday night, he returned home heavily drunk and beat up his wife. Soni smashed his head with a boulder after he fell asleep, the police said.
