Almost three months after a five-year-old girl died in Bengaluru, the mother of the child and her live-in partner have been booked for the alleged murder, police said.
Five-year-old Vennela was reportedly found dead on March 25 and a case was registered on June 4 based on a complaint filed at Kadugodi police station by the girl's father against his estranged wife Priyanka and her partner Mohan G on murder and related charges.
The girl's father alleged that Priyanka initially said that she had eaten biryani on the night of March 24 after which she fell asleep in the car with the AC on, while Priyanka and Mohan went to a nearby cafe.
However, the father grew suspicious after obtaining the post-mortem report and shared it with his sister, a paediatric specialist based in England, which raised further suspicion on the cause of death.
The complainant claimed that Priyanka later forced him to sign divorce papers and started living with Mohan, with the couple's elder daughter staying with him, their younger daughter, Vennela, living with Priyanka.
The allegations are being probed, police said, adding that further investigation is underway to ascertain the sequence of events that led to the child's death.
