Advocate Arrested For Murdering Her Daughter With Live-In Partner

P Priyanka, a 39-year-old advocate, was arrested from a homestay in Sakleshpur on Thursday, days after she and her live-in partner were booked for allegedly murdering her five-year-old daughter. 

Her live-in partner and the prime accused, Mohan G was arrested earlier, soon after an FIR was registered against the complaint of the girl's father, following which both Priyanka and Mohan were booked on charges of murder, police said. The child, Vennela, was found dead on March 25 this year, police



said.

Following the case registered on June 4 at Kadugodi police station, Priyanka fled Bengaluru. She initially travelled to Mysuru before shifting to Sakleshpur in an attempt to evade arrest, they added. During the interrogation, Mohan allegedly confessed to killing the child by assaulting and smothering her inside the car. 

Priyanka has been taken into custody for questioning about the circumstances leading to the child's death, the motive behind the murder, and whether she was also part of the conspiracy, a senior police officer said.