Guwahati, Nov 12: Police arrested live-in partners from Assam for allegedly murdering their 19-day-old daughter and dumping the body near river at Mudikkal in Kerala.
Perumbavoor police arrested the duo from Assam.
The accused has been identified as Maksidul Islam and Mushida Khathoon.
According to reports, the body of the child was recovered from a plastic bag in an abandoned area near a river at Mudikkal on October 8.
The accused who was in a live-in relationship suffocated the child to death as they were not ready to become parents.
After killing the infant, they packed the body in a plastic bag and dumped it near the river.
A probe into the women who were pregnant in the area led the police to the Assam woman, an employee at a plywood factory.
But police failed to nab Mushida as she had managed to flee to Assam with Makzidul soon after the crime.
The police traced the duo after intensifying the investigation.
According to police, the man and woman hatched the conspiracy to kill their child after quarrelling with each other over the pregnancy.
