Belgaum: A two year toddler who had gone missing in Alaknur village, raibag taluk on was found dead on Saturday in an abandoned borewell.
The toddler had reportedly gone missing on Friday evening while playing.
The father has confessed to the gruesome killing of the two year during the police interrogation.
Sharad Siddappa Hasare (2) was found dead in the abandoned borewell on Saturday after he had gone missing on Friday evening while playing.
Saraswati, maternal grandmother of the deceased alleged that Siddappa refused to accept Sharad as his son and had been suspecting fidelity of his wife Rajashri and murdered the toddler.
Sources said, during interrogation, Siddappa accepted that he smothered the toddler and dumped his body in the borewell.
Police said they were looking into all angles including allegations by close relatives that father himself has murdered the child.
Borewell was over 100 meters away from the house in the midst sugarcane crops. Siddappa himself had led police to the borewell when he was quizzed regarding the complainant of Sharad being kidnapped made by him.