India, July 10 -- Police on Wednesday arrested 23-year-old Nikhil Kumar, who allegedly slit the throats of his former live-in partner Sonal Arya and her friend's six-month-old child at Majnu Ka Tila on Tuesday, from Haldwani.

Officers aware of the investigation said the accused killed the child in "revenge" as he suspected Arya of being pregnant and blamed the infant's father for helping her to abort the child.

Police said the accused suspected Arya, 22, of being influenced by Durgesh Kumar, the husband of her friend Rashmi Devi, where Arya had been staying for the past few weeks. Nikhil works as a food delivery agent, police said.

"Recently, she got pregnant and decided to abort the child. Nikhil believed that she had done so with Dur...