TRICHY: A 49-year-old man was arrested near Vaiyampatti in Trichy on Wednesday for murdering a baby born to his daughter, allegedly from an illicit relationship.
The Vaiyampatti police said L Maria Jacob of Karunkulam near Manapparai killed the week-old boy by throwing him into a well at Chekkanam village on January 7. His daughter Maria Vinodhini gave birth to the baby out of an illicit relationship after separating from her husband and delivered at the government headquarters hospital on December 30.
Maria Jacob felt disgraced over the birth of the baby and attempted to give away him but in vain. Finally, he wrapped the baby in a cloth, put him in a shopper bag and threw him into the Panchayat well. After a couple of weeks, he surrendered to police on Wednesday. He told police that he committed the murder to avoid social ignominy. TNN
The Vaiyampatti police said L Maria Jacob of Karunkulam near Manapparai killed the week-old boy by throwing him into a well at Chekkanam village on January 7. His daughter Maria Vinodhini gave birth to the baby out of an illicit relationship after separating from her husband and delivered at the government headquarters hospital on December 30.
Maria Jacob felt disgraced over the birth of the baby and attempted to give away him but in vain. Finally, he wrapped the baby in a cloth, put him in a shopper bag and threw him into the Panchayat well. After a couple of weeks, he surrendered to police on Wednesday. He told police that he committed the murder to avoid social ignominy. TNN