Woman, who killed baby to live with lover, arrested

Saranya was arrested after she confessed to the crime

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In a shocking incident, a young woman was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly killing her one-and-a-half-year-old child and dumping his body on a rocky beach in Kannur district of Kerala. According to police, Saranya, wife of Pranav, was arrested after more than 24 hours of questioning.

The child was reported missing from his mother's house early on Monday, while his body was found near the sea wall of Thayyil beach around 10 am.

During the interrogation, Saranya confessed to the crime and revealed that she wanted to finish off the child in order to live with her lover, police said. According to local media reports, Pranav and Saranya were in a troubled marriage and were on the brink of divorce. 

In her statement to police, Saranya admitted that she killed the child by hitting his head on a rock and left his body on the beach. Police had earlier questioned Pranav, too, and found discrepancies in the statements of both husband and wife.

"Saranya was getting marriage proposals and Pranav had been barred from visiting her house by her father," the Manorama Online reported. However, on Sunday, Saranya called Pranav home and let the baby sleep with him in the night, in an apparent attempt to get him trapped in the case.

Local reports said Saranya carried the baby to the beach in the dead of night and hit his head on a rock. When the child started to cry, she strangled him to death.

According to police, the presence of salty water and sand found in Saranya's clothes turned crucial in the investigation.

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