KOLLAM: An order has been issued to hand over the baby of Uthara, who died of snakebite, to her parents. The order was issued by Kollam Child Welfare Committee. The act was following the intervention of Women’s Commission. The one-year-old baby was first in Uthara’s house. After her death, Sooraj, her husband with the permission of the court, took the baby to his house. Her parents approached Child Welfare Committee soon after her death was proved to be a murder.

Her father Vijayasenan had in the beginning sought the custody of his grandson and he alleged that Sooraj’s family have a criminal background. The order was issued after the first accused Sooraj was taken to her house to collect evidence as part of the probe.