A six-year-old boy died on Tuesday Eedhjagir village in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district and the family thought that he died because of a fall. However, two days later, his sister told the parents that her boyfriend had strangled the child to death.

On Tuesday afternoon, the parents, who work as labourers, were not at home. In their absence, the girl’s boyfriend had come over. The girl’s six-year-old brother walked in on them, and fearing that their relationship will be discovered, the boyfriend strangled the child to death, according to a report in Times of India.