Kerala toddler's murder: Police gather evidence, mother lodged in city police station

The body of a toddler, who was missing from home, was recovered from a beach here and the mother has been arrested after she admitted to having thrown the child among the rocks near the sea, killing him.

Kannur: The 21-year-old woman, who admitted to the killing of her one and a half year old boy over strained relations with her husband, was taken for gathering evidence near Thayyil beach in Kannur, Kerala.

The body of a toddler, who was missing from home since Monday, was recovered from a beach here and the mother has been arrested after she admitted to having thrown the child among the rocks near the sea, killing him.

The incident had taken place when the boy's father had come to see the child after three months.

According to reports, the police gathered evidence from the site and took her back to the city station, where she was lodged after admitting to the crime.

After the baby went missing, the statements of the parents were contradictory following which police questioned them separately for hours.

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Meanwhile, the local resident's turned hostile and hurled abuses at the mother who killed the toddler. The accused will be produced before the court after completion of a medical examination.

"The woman first threw him but he started crying following which she walked further along the beach and hurled him onto the rocks near the sea," the police had said.

The body was found between the rocks and relatives had alleged foul play in the death. The post-mortem report showed that the death was due to some injury in the head. The couple was reportedly on the brink of divorce.

(With inputs from PTI)