India, Aug. 5 -- A three-year-old girl's death, initially claimed by her mother to have been caused by illness, has taken a dramatic turn after an autopsy revealed that the child died of severe internal injuries sustained in a fall. Police have now booked the girl's mother and her live-in partner for allegedly failing to provide timely medical treatment and attempting to mislead investigators.

The accused, Priyanka Devi, and her live-in partner Dinesh Kumar Paswan, residents of Lakhowal Road, Kohara, have been booked by the Jamalpur police under Sections 106 (causing death by negligence) and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The FIR was registered on the complaint of their landlord, Pradeep Kumar.

According to the ...