Aluva: The father of the three-year-old child, who was murdered by her own mother, claimed that his wife, the accused, had attacked their two children two months ago.
Speaking to Manorama News, the child's father confirmed that he had taken his wife to a psychiatrist after she hit their child on the head with a torch. He said the doctor clarified that she was not suffering from any mental illness.

"Two months ago, she left for her home with my two children. She had taken a knife and a torch with her. After reaching her home, she attacked the children. Panicked by this, her mother brought both children back to my home," he recalled.

"Yesterday, she left home after cooking food for me. There were no issues between us. My father is hospitalised and on a ventilator. So I was busy with paperwork related to his ESI claim. After returning home, I fell asleep. Then Sandhya’s mother contacted me and told me that the child was missing. I immediately filed a complaint with the police," the father said.
He claimed that he never punished or scolded either of his children.

However, the child's father rejected the accused's family's allegations of domestic violence. He alleged that his mother-in-law and sister-in-law influenced his wife to turn against him.

The three-year-old girl went missing while travelling to her mother’s home in Moozhikkulam. Further investigation revealed that her mother had killed her. The woman, who is currently in police custody, will be booked for murder, the police confirmed.

Meanwhile, the child's post-mortem examination will be conducted today at the Aluva Taluk Hospital.