Bengaluru woman 'kills' 5-yr-old daughter with live-in partner, arrested
Live-in partner, who was earlier arrested, has allegedly confessed to killing the child by assaulting and smothering her inside a car in March
Bengaluru, Jun 12 (PTI) A 39-year-old woman was arrested, days after she and her live-in partner were booked on charges of murdering her five-year old daughter, police said on Friday.
Priyanka, an advocate, was arrested from a homestay in Sakleshpur on Thursday, they said.
Her live-in partner and the prime accused, Mohan G was arrested earlier, soon after an FIR was registered against the complaint of the girl's father, following which both Priyanka and Mohan were booked on charges of murder, police said.
The child, Vennela, was found dead on March 25 this year, police said.
Following the case registered on June 4 at Kadugodi police station, Priyanka fled Bengaluru. She initially travelled to Mysuru before shifting to Sakleshpur in an attempt to evade arrest, they added.
During the interrogation, Mohan allegedly confessed to killing the child by assaulting and smothering her inside the car. Priyanka has been taken into custody for questioning about the circumstances leading to the child's death, the motive behind the murder, and if she was also part of the conspiracy, a senior police officer said.
They are also probing if Priyanka's alleged dissatisfaction with her daughter's complexion may have been a factor in the motive behind the murder, he said.
According to the complaint, the girl's father alleged that Priyanka gave contradictory versions of the events leading to Vennela's death, and the post-mortem report further raised suspicion.
The complainant stated that while Priyanka initially told him that the child had eaten biryani on the night of March 24 and was found dead the following morning, she later claimed that Vennela had been left asleep in an air-conditioned car while she and Mohan celebrated her birthday at a cafe in Kolar, and was found dead the next day after being taken home.
Suspecting that the accused had intentionally killed the child and attempted to destroy evidence, he approached the police and lodged a complaint, police said, adding that further investigation is underway. PTI