Woman convicted of killing daughter

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 9

A local court has convicted a 41-year-old woman for murdering her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter in 2016. The convict, Manju Devi, was held guilty under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The quantum of sentence will be pronounced by the court on Monday.

According to the police, in April 2016, a mutilated body was found dumped in a gunny bag in the Industrial Area, Phase II. The girl’s body was partially eaten by dogs. She was identified as Pihu, a resident of Sarangpur village, who had gone missing.

Manju Devi had been arrested and she told the police that she killed her daughter at home then hired a three-wheeler to dump the body in the industrial area. The police claimed that Manju killed her daughter as she was finding it hard to run her house and raise her four children. She banged her head against the wall several times and then strangled her to ensure that she was dead.

She told the police that she had two daughters and was always under pressure how to bear expenses of their studies and marriage.

The crime branch officials had recovered a sack from her residence in Sarangpur in which the victim was packed before dumping.