Aluva: The murder of a three-year-old child by her mother left everyone in shock on Tuesday. The mother, who is reportedly suffering from mental health issues, murdered the child while en route to her house in Aluva.

Speaking to Manorama News, the accused's mother said that she never imagined her grandchild would be murdered.

“She has some mental health issues, but she was not undergoing treatment. She has anger issues and is very impulsive. I had no idea she had killed her daughter when she reached home yesterday. Since the child was not with her, I suspected that she might have abandoned the child on the bus,” said the mother.

“I never thought she would take such an extreme step,” she added, breaking into tears.

She also confirmed that her daughter faced harassment at her husband’s house.

The three-year-old child went missing on Monday while travelling with her mother to her maternal home. Police searched for the girl in various locations along the route, but the focus of the search shifted to Moozhikulam near Angamaly by 11 pm, apparently based on the mother’s statement that she had abandoned the child somewhere in that area. Initially, the mother told police that her daughter went missing after they boarded a bus from Aluva. Later, she claimed that the child went missing from Moozhikulam bridge. Following this, police and the scuba team began a search in the river.

The mother confessed to the crime.