: A couple allegedly killed their nine-year-old mentally challenged daughter by feeding her food laced with poison at nearby Vahaikulam, police said Saturday.
The child fainted after eating the food. The couple, both engineers, informed neighbours that she had collapsed and took her to the government hospital here on October 4 with their help.
Doctors there administered first aid and then sent the child to the government hospital here, where she died without responding to treatment, police said.
The mother left the hospital soon after her daughter was admitted, they said.
The father was arrested, based on investigation and a search was to nab the woman, police said.
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