In Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, a woman allegedly killed her two-year-old niece by strangulation after she cried continuously and refused to go to sleep, according to police on Tuesday.
The incident happened on Monday within the boundaries of Hanumantal Police Station in the Rajiv Nagar neighborhood, and an official stated that the suspect has been taken into custody.
According to M Dwivedi, the in-charge of the Hanumantal Police Station, the victim—a Mohammed Shakeel daughter—went missing in the afternoon. After failing to locate the child, family members searched for her and called the police, he added.
After scouring the area’s CCTV footage, Dwivedi indicated that no information on the missing girl could be located. Subsequently, when the police searched her father’s house for the toddler, they discovered her body dead behind a set of sofas, he added.
Shakeel shares a home with his brothers, according to the police officer. The victim went to her paternal aunt’s room, on Monday afternoon. After having dinner together, the toddler’s aunt advised her to go see her mother as she was tired, stated Dwivedi.
The accused slapped the girl when she refused to leave the room. He said that as the girl started to cry continuously, her aunt got angry and killed her by strangling her, hiding the body behind the sofa set. The police officer said, “The accused woman has been arrested and booked for murder.”
