A 43 year old cocoa farmer at Fiamoaso in the Amansie Central district of the Ashanti region has been arrested  by the Obuasi Central police for poisoning his grandson.

According to the Amansie district police, the farmer, Kwame Asamoah, in the morning of August 11, forcibly gave a cup full of dichlorodiphenyl -trichloroethane (DDT) to his three year old grandson, Bismark Oppong.

Mr Asamoah, after forcing the cup full of the DDT through the mouth of the innocent boy took him to the room and left for the farm.

The guiltless minor, who was not billed for death, intelligently went to the next house and asked for water when the poison he had been forced to drink started to work.

When the little child was resuscitated, he mentioned his grandfather as the one who gave him the substance.

During interrogation of the suspect after his arrest on the farm, he told the police that he gave the child the poison.

The suspect mentioned that he did that because the little boy  had become a  burden on him and he wanted to get rid of him.

According to the commander, the suspect disclosed that the mother of the child  came to dump the three year old boy on him and left because she had separated from her husband.

The suspect, further stated that taking care of the young boy had become an arduous task and therefore decided to end the boys life prematurely in the horrendous way , so that he could have his peace of mind.

The commander, who pointed out that the explanation given by the accused  would not be taken in good faith ,averred that the police were preparing feverishly to process the suspect for court to let the law take its course.