A 25-year-old woman was arrested Friday evening for allegedly killing her 16-day-old daughter here, police said.
The incident had taken place Tuesday at Sundar Kamla Nagar in Sion, Central Mumbai, an official said.
The 16-day-old girl had gone missing from the first floor of her parents' house when her mother Sama Ansari (25) went downstairs for some work, he said.
A complaint was lodged by the newborn baby's father at the Sion police station following which a case of kidnapping under IPC section 363 was registered, the official said.
On Wednesday midnight, the girl's body was found on the rear side of her residence, following which a case of murder after kidnapping was registered, he said.
During investigation, the police grew suspicious about Ansari and grilled her, he said, adding she was later arrested.
However, the motive behind the murder was not yet known.
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