Overview
- The infant became unconscious during feeding on November 5 in Chinnati and was declared dead at Kelamangalam Government Hospital before being buried without an autopsy.
- Days later, father Suresh reviewed wife Barathi’s phone and gave police photographs, voice notes, and a recorded call he says captured a confession.
- Police exhumed the body and the autopsy, cited by officials, indicated smothering and strangulation consistent with foul play.
- Investigators arrested Barathi and her partner Sumithra; during questioning, police say Barathi stated she did not want to raise her husband’s child and alleged neglect by him.
- The two women were produced in court and remanded in judicial custody as Kelamangalam police conduct forensic and call-record analysis to verify the submitted evidence and probe motive.