Woman arrested for killing month-old granddaughter in Gurugram village

Sanjay Yadav

Gurugram, September 7

A Tauru resident allegedly killed her month-old granddaughter as she did not want a third girl in the family, police said on Monday.

Luxmi (54) allegedly dumped the child in a septic tank and fooled all for three days by claiming the girl has gone missing.

The police recovered the body and arrested the woman today.

According to the police, the incident happened at Jorasi village where a month-old girl was reported missing under suspicious circumstances on Friday. They started investigation after the family filed a missing person report on Saturday.

During the investigation, police found that something was fishy and the interrogation revealed the gruesome murder. 

A search was launched in the house today and after two hours police recovered the body of the toddler from the septic tank. When police interrogated the family, the grandmother confessed that she had killed the toddler.

As per police, Luxmi said she was angry that her daughter-in-law gave birth to a girl for third time.

She was produced in a city court.

“We have arrested the accused woman. Sample has been taken for her Covid test and he will be send to judicial custody soon,” said sub inspector Beer Singh, the investigating officer.