A two-year-old baby girl was found dead in a farmwell near her house at Thattaparai village near Gudiyatham town in Vellore.
Police said the victim has been identified as D. Jayapriya, daughter of the couple S. Dhandapani, 33, and D. Vimala, 28. Initial inquiry revealed that the toddler had gone missing from her house. Vimala searched for her daughter but was unable find her.
The parents alerted Gudiyatham Taluk police, who rushed to the spot. As the open farm well was near the house, police searched the farm well where they retrieved the body of the baby girl.
Police said that the body does not have any external injuries. The body was shifted to Government Medical College in Vellore for postmortem. A case was registered. A probe is underway.
Published – February 02, 2025 12:31 am IST