The Hindu·2 min read·easy
Woman arrested for killing newborn granddaughter in Erode
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The Hindu Bureau
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A woman in Erode, India, has been arrested for the murder of her newborn granddaughter. Police report that the grandmother confessed to the crime, citing the child's gender and concerns over the family's financial and social stability as motives.
A woman was arrested on Monday (July 20, 2026) for allegedly strangling her newborn granddaughter to death at a private hospital in Bhavani, allegedly because the child was the family’s second daughter, the police said.
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