Summary:
The accused, Govindammal of Valikandrapuram, had staged a drama before the police on Friday claiming that someone had kidnapped her baby. She also had a six-year-old girl, Ranjitha, and killed Pranitha allegedly because she was also a girl. Trichy: A 30-year-old woman was arrested by the police near Mangalamedu in Perambalur district on Saturday for allegedly murdering her three-month-old daughter by throwing her into a well. Govindammal took her baby, Pranitha, to a well near her house and threw it inside. According to Mangalamedu police, Govindammal killed the baby “as she was a girl”.The murder was said to have happened around 11am on Friday at Valikandrapuram..