Kerala

Ambily

Mahesh

Deepu

Chennai: ThePolice arrested a couple on Monday for killing their infant shortly after the birth near Puthoor in Kollam district of Kerala., 23, and her husbandkilled the newborn after her attempts to abort the foetus proved unsuccessful.The police recovered the body of the infant from a bush near Puthoor on Saturday morning. The body was by stray dogs.Further investigations by the police revealed that Mahesh, a mason by profession and his wife Ambily murdered the infant half an hour after she gave birth to their second child around 4 pm on April 17.The police claimed that the couple already has a two and half year old child and they didn't want another child now.“Ambily said that she took pills to abort the foetus, but it didn’t succeed,” the police said.D Deepu, Puthoor sub-inspector of police told Mirror that although the couple initially told the police that they thought the child was born dead and after burying it they trampled over the ground. The baby’s ribs and all were found broken which almost reveals they murdered the baby by trampling,said.Deepu said Ambily approached two private hospitals for abortion but she was turned away because of the abortion laws. Ambily’s mother is also under investigation.The couple were booked under various sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) including 302 (punishment for murder) and 315 (Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth). They were produced in a court on Monday evening.