A woman was arrested by Ranchi police on Sunday morning for allegedly strangulating her four-month-old daughter to death at Dandai Hehal village under Ratu police station area of the city capital. She used a plastic rope to kill her daughter. Accused woman was identified as Tannu Devi who was married to Mukdeo Lohra in 2012. She is a native of Uchri village under Mandar police station area. Police said the baby was killed in the morning.
She has two sons who are six-and-half and four years old respectively and a four-month old daughter whom she killed in the morning. They belong to poor economic backgrounds and work as labourers. Accused said to the police that she took an extreme step as she was fed-up with recurrent domestic disputes with her husband.