Drunk man in TN kills infant daughter

Chennai | Thursday | 17th January, 2019

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Angered, Mathiazhagan lifted his daughter over his head and threw her on the floor.The girl started crying. Besides Meera, the couple have a two-year-old son, Pradeepraj.On Thursday afternoon, Mathiazhagan, who was drunk, picked up a quarrel with his wife when she denied him money to buy liquor. VILLUPURAM: A 30-year-old daily wage earner at Kottikuppam in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu murdered his four-month-old daughter on Thursday by throwing her on the floor of his house after his wife refused to give him money to buy liquor.The Marakkanam police identified the deceased infant as Meera, daughter of Mathiazhagan and Ponni, 24. But the infant stopped sucking milk and was struggling to breathe.With the help of her relatives, Ponni rushed Meera to Marakkanam Government Hospital where doctors declared her brought dead.On being informed by the hospital authorities, the Marakkanam police rushed to Kottikuppam and nabbed Mathiazhagan from a hideout. Ponni breastfed her to stop her cry..