Tamil Nadu: Father, grandmom held for killing female baby with cactus sap

MADURAI: The Sholavandan police on Sunday arrested the father and grandmothers of a four-day-old female infant on the charges of murdering her. Police suspect it is a case of female infanticide, but the relevant section has not been included in the FIR so far. The accused confessed of feeding the infant cactus sap during inquiry.
She had died on Thursday and her parents had claimed the infant died of illness. However, they confessed to killing on Sunday, a day after the body was exhumed to conduct post mortem.
The accused were identified as K Davamani, 35, and his mother K Pandiammal, 60, from Poomettu Street in Sholavandan. They did not want the baby since it was the fourth girl child born to him and his wife Chithra.
On interrogation they stated that they fed the child with cactus milk and, to make the murder look like a natural death, Davamani called up the village health nurse on Thursday complaining that the baby developed health problem. Within 10 minutes he again called her up to inform her that the child died before they could rush her to the hospital.
Later, the couple buried the child in the banks of Vaigai river in the same village.
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