Enraged over a woman's denial to abandon her young son and return to him to continue their illicit affair, a man brutally killed the 7-year-old boy in Andhra Pradesh's Ongole district, police said. Prime accused Burri Jana Reddy, of Rangundla village in Nalgonda district's Tirumalagiri mandal in neighbouring Telangana, and Pasam Brahma Reddy were arrested for the alleged crime at Yerragondapalem.

Jana Reddy killed Lakshmi's son Tupakula Sai Kalyan on March 23 near Yerragondapalem village in Prakasam district, and the boy's grandmother Meka Krishnaveni lodged a complaint on March 24. Lakshmi, who hails from Madinapadu village in Guntur district's Dachepally mandal, got married to Tupakula Srinu a decade ago. Kalyan was their only son but two years after his birth, the couple got separated due to some differences.