THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A mentally disturbed woman allegedly killed her one-and-a-half-year-old nephew by throwing him into a well at Konniyoor in Kattakkada. The incident happened on the Simon Road in Konniyoor Thursday morning. The Vilappilsala police took Manju into custody.

The baby was born to Sreekandan and Sindhu. Though the Kattakada fire force reached the spot after being informed, the life of the baby could not be saved. Manju is Sreekandan’s first wife. She developed mental issues soon after her second birth. With this, Sreekandan married Manju's unmarried sister Sindhu. The police said she threw Sindhu’s baby into the well. Further probe has started into the incident.

Recently, a 36-day-old baby boy was killed by his mother at Pothencode in Thiruvananthapuram. Sreedev, son of Saji and Surita was killed at their house in Manjamala Kuravanvilakam in Pothencode. Surita was arrested in the incident. The incident happened early morning at 1:30 am. Surita told police that she decided to kill the child because she was not financially able to raise the child.

Only Surita and her mother were at home when the incident happened. After committing the crime, Surita came to her room, woke up her mother and told her that the baby was missing. They informed Surita's sister who lives nearby. After informing them, Saji, who lives in a rented house in Panimula, called the police. When the police came to her house and searched, found the towel she used for covering the baby in the well. As the suspicion that the baby was thrown into the well became stronger, the police informed the Kazhakootam fire force. Surita was taken into custody by the police.

Surita gave contradictory statements during interrogation. When interrogated in detail, she admitted that she committed the crime. Due to financial difficulties, they could not even conduct the noolkettu of the baby. The baby, who was diagnosed with congenital kidney disease, was also underweight. Still, it was not possible to carry out further treatment or raise the child well.

Relatives said that Surita had some mental illness. Pothencode circle inspector stated that financial crisis was the reason for the murder The baby's body was cremated after post-mortem at the medical college. Saji is a daily wage labourer. The couple also has a five-year-old son.