Hyderabad: A woman in Hyderabad and her live-in partner killed her eight-year-old son after hitting him as the boy walked into them when they were together. They also tried to pass off the murder of the boy, identified as Amjad as natural death, The Times of India reported.

The woman identified as Sultana was arrested on Monday after the locals alerted the police whereas her paramour Ismail, is still at large. Sultana alleged hit Amjad on his neck and chest, after which he fell unconscious. Sultana, a daily-wage labourer, and Ismail, an auto driver, then took Amjad to a hospital nearby where the doctors declared him dead on arrival.