The body of a two-and-a-half-year-old boy was found stuffed inside a bed by his father in their house in Burail here, police said on Monday.
In a police complaint,Dashrath Kumar said that when he returned from work on Sunday evening, he did not find his wife and son, Divyanshu, at home. Later, when he opened the bed box to take out a blanket, he found his son's body in it.
A glove was stuffed in Divyanshu's mouth, Dashrath claimed while talking to reporters here.
The police said that the whereabouts of his wife were unknown and efforts were being made to trace her.
An investigation was underway and a case had been registered, they added.