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The Kirumampakkam police have arrested a 22-year-old woman for allegedly killing her baby girl by burying her alive at Moorthikuppam near Puducherry. Though the incident took place on Saturday (April 15), it came to light on Sunday when the local people found a mound of sand near Murthikuppam cemetery, from which the foot of the 27-day-old girl was sticking out.
Police said the wife of the accused Sangeetha, 32-year-old Kumarasan from Korattur in Chennai had recently moved to Puducherry. Sangeeta gave birth to a baby girl. Kumarasan was a drunkard and often quarreled with his wife over the birth of a child.
On Saturday, the two had an argument and Sangeetha allegedly took away the girl child and buried her alive at Murthikuppam. He confessed to the police that he had killed his daughter. He was arrested on Sunday and sent to judicial custody.