Kannur: In a significant development in the death of a three-month-old baby at Kurumathoor, Taliparamba, the mother has confessed to having thrown her child into a well, police said on Wednesday. The police recorded her arrest and said that the motive behind the act is yet to be ascertained.

Police said the woman will be produced before the court today and added that there are no other accused in the case.

The incident took place on Monday. According to the Taliparamba police, they received an alert from Pariyaram Medical College that an infant had been brought dead to the hospital. In her initial statement, the mother claimed the baby had accidentally slipped from her hands and fallen into the well while she was preparing to bathe the child after applying oil.

However, police grew suspicious, noting that the well was covered with a grill that had only a small opening. During interrogation, the mother later confessed that she had thrown the child into the well.