CHENNAI: A woman threw her 4-year-old child off the balcony from the fourth-floor apartment in Bengaluru’s SR Nagar and the incident was captured on a CCTV footage.
Residents of the apartment, who saw her trying to jump, rescued her, but the child died on the spot.
Police said that the incident happened at S R Nagar in north Bengaluru. After preliminary investigation, it was revealed that the deceased was identified as Dhruthi, while the mother was identified as Sushma, a dentist.
According to police, the woman was depressed as her child had hearing disablities.
She was arrested after her husband filed a case. Further investigation is on.
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