Grandmother Kills 3-Year-Old Child To Falsely Accuse Another Person Of Murder Following Dispute

A woman in India allegedly killed her 3-year-old grandchild to falsely accuse a person with whom she had a dispute.

The incident took place in the western state of Rajasthan. The police said the 50-year-old woman, identified as Kanakbai, was involved in a conflict in her village, which took place last month between two parties on the way to fetch water. The scuffle turned ugly and many were injured in the incident. It was later found the 3-year-old child was also injured.

Kanakbai, who wanted to frame a person named Rameshwar Mogya, threatened him of hurting her granddaughter, Zee News reported [Google Translate showed]. It remains unclear why the grandmother targeted Mogya.

According to the police, when Mogya escaped from the scene, the woman fatally thrashed her granddaughter. Mogya was arrested after the family filed a complaint, India Today reported Thursday.

The victim has not been identified, and it remains unclear when the killing took place.

Following the death of the child, the police became suspicious about Kanakbai and questioned her. She was later arrested after the police found evidence which suggested her involvement in the child's death. The charges placed against the grandmother have not been revealed.

There have been several incidents in the past when a dispute between two parties leads to a crime.

Last week, a 6-year-old girl was killed by her two minor sisters in India following a dispute over plucking mangoes from their orchard. The incident happened in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. The accused are aged 9 and 12 years, the police said. The victim got into a confrontation with the two accused about plucking mangoes from an orchard. The fight ended with the sister duo strangling the victim to death. The siblings later dragged the victim's body to a nearby bushed area. A 4-year-old boy witnessed the incident and alerted the villagers. "Both the sisters… have been apprehended and a case has been registered under sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offense) of the Indian Penal Code," Praveen Kumar, an investigating officer said at the time.