LUDHIANA: The

on Saturday arrested an

for burning hand of her 2-year-old granddaughter. It is alleged that the woman disliked

and wanted to sale the toddler. Earlier also the woman had locked the toddler inside a room and with the intervention of police she released the baby girl.

The arrested accused has been identified as

, 60 of

of

.

The Jodhewal police have registered a case under section of 326-A (Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid etc) of IPC and Juvenile Justice Act on the compliant of Sangeeta, the mother of toddler.

In her compliant to police, Sangeeta told that she has a two-year-old daughter. Her mother-in-law, works as a midwife, and she does not like baby girls. On Friday evening, her mother-in-law thrashed her and took her daughter into kitchen where she put her hand in the boiling oil. On hearing her screams, she rushed to kitchen and somehow got her daughter free.

The woman rushed the injured girl to hospital for treatment and also called the police.

The woman further alleged that the accused earlier also wanted to kill her daughter. On October 10, 2019 Darshna Devi locked herself in a room with the baby girl. When she raised alarm, neighbours called police which recovered baby girl and warned the accused woman.

Investigating officer from police station Jodhewal, ASI Resham Kumar said that the police have registered a case against accused woman on Friday and arrested her today. The woman was presented before the court and the court has sent her in judicial custody.