Chikkaballapur: Parents held for killing newborn daughter

 Chintamani police on Monday arrested the parents of the newborn girl who was found hanging in the toilet of Chintamani Government Hospital, early Saturday morning.

Published: 06th July 2021 05:45 AM  |   Last Updated: 06th July 2021 05:45 AM   |  A+A A-

The accused couple Mamatha and Venugopal Reddy | Express

By Express News Service

CHIKKABALLAPUR: Chintamani police on Monday arrested the parents of the newborn girl who was found hanging in the toilet of Chintamani Government Hospital, early Saturday morning. Chikkaballapur SP G K Mithun Kumar said the accused were Mamatha (28) and her husband Venugopal Reddy (40), residents of Chakuvelahalli in Bagepalli taluk. Kumar said a police team worked on various angles and scanned CCTV footage, to zero in on the culprits.

Mamata said the couple has a six-year-old son, and when she conceived again, she did not inform her husband or in-laws. Her husband learnt about her pregnancy very recently. On Saturday, when she went into labour, they reached the hospital and she went into the toilet where she delivered the 8-month premature infant.

Since it was a baby girl, and the family was not informed, the couple decided to kill the baby. They hanged the child with a thick cord, and left the hospital. Police are questioning Venugopal Reddy’s family.

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