Mumbai, September 16: The Maharashtra police recently arrested a 32-year-old woman for allegedly killing her newborn child and dumping the body in an isolated area. The woman, a resident of Palghar, reportedly killed her five-day-old daughter before dumping the newborn child's body. The incident came to light when workers visited the new mother on Tuesday and found the baby missing. This raised suspicion, following which they informed the police.

According to a report in the Times of India, the accused woman has been identified as Shreya Prabhu. While the motive behind the murder is unclear, the accused told cops that she did not want a third child. An officer privy to the case said the accused has two children, a seven-year-old daughter and a four-year-old son. She lives with her husband, Prabhu, in Mumbai. API Booked for Raping, Blackmailing and Threatening Married Lawyer in Palghar.

Cops also aid that they are investigating to see if the accused killed the newborn because it was a girl child. Officials also said that Shreya was living alone in the Ghivali village in Palghar for over a year. On August 20, she delivered a healthy baby girl weighing 2,700 grams. Following this, she was discharged within two days. On September 3, when ASHA workers visited her home, the baby weighed 3,100 grams.

A week later, the baby was missing when ASHA workers visited her again. Shreya told them the baby was at her relative's place in Vangaon in Dahanu taluka. However, her behaviour raised suspicion. Soon, the workers approached cops, following which they started questioning the accused. Amid all this, her neighbours told cops she had left with the baby on September 4. Maharashtra Shocker: Married Man Kills Girlfriend by Drowning Her in Tub in Palghar After She Insists on Marriage; Arrested.

After several rounds of interrogation, Shreya confessed to her crime and told cops that she strangled her daughter on September 4. She also said that after killing her newborn child, she wrapped the body in a cloth and disposed of it around 100 meters from her home. Shreya also told cops that she killed the newborn as she did not want a third child.

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