Daijiworld Media Network - Jamshedpur

Jamshedpur, May 22: A woman was arrested for allegedly throwing her one-and-a-half-month-old baby to death from a moving train in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharsawan district, police said.

The incident took place on Wednesday night between Rajkharsawan and Mahalimarup railway stations under the Kharsawan Police Station limits when the infant boy was allegedly flung out of the running Howrah-Barbil Jan Shatabdi Express.

Police said the child’s body was later recovered from near the railway tracks.

The accused, identified as Mudravati Gope, a resident of Majhgaon in West Singhbhum district, was handed over to the Railway Protection Force by co-passengers after she allegedly attempted to throw another child, aged around three years, from the train.

Kharsawan Police Station Officer-in-Charge Gaurav Kumar said the woman had eloped with Mohammed Shahabuddin, a native of West Bengal, around four years ago. The couple had reportedly been living together and later got married.

According to police, the woman was mentally disturbed after her husband allegedly forced her to return to her native village in West Singhbhum. She has been arrested and further investigation is underway.