Nearly three months after the death of a five-year-old girl in Bengaluru, the girl’s mother and her live-in partner have been booked for the alleged murder, police said. PTI I mentioned.
Five-year-old Vennela was reportedly found dead on March 25 and a case was registered on June 4 based on a complaint filed by the girl’s father at Kadugodi police station against his estranged wife Priyanka and her accomplice Mohan ji for murder and related charges, police officials were quoted as saying, adding that Mohan has been taken into police custody for questioning. .
Biryani demand and conflicting statements
Vennela’s father alleged that Priyanka initially said she had biryani on the night of March 24, after which she slept in the car with the air conditioner running, while Priyanka and Mohan went to a nearby cafe.
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Priyanka claimed that Vennela was asleep when they returned home, as she made her sleep. But she did not wake up the next morning, and was subsequently taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
However, the father became suspicious after obtaining the autopsy report and sharing it with his sister, an England-based pediatrician, raising further doubts about the cause of death, officials were quoted as saying.
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The accused allegedly killed the child and later tried to destroy the evidence.
Disagreement in marriage
The complainant married Priyanka in 2007 and had two daughters, according to the FIR. He claimed that marital discord had developed over the years and that his wife had started a relationship with her friend Mohan after reconnecting with him in 2025, as the two were college classmates, he said. Times Of India.
The complainant alleged that Priyanka later forced him to sign the divorce papers and he started living with Mohan, with the couple’s eldest daughter staying with him and their younger daughter, Vennela, living with Priyanka.
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The complainant further claimed that his daughter was seen as an obstacle to their relationship and private life. The complainant allegedly became suspicious after Mohan applied for anticipatory bail after Vennela’s death.
The allegations are being investigated, police said, adding that further investigations are underway to ascertain the sequence of events that led to the child’s death.
