THRISSUR: Police on Sunday arrested a youth and a woman after the recovery of bones suspected to be of two newborns born to them. One of these newborns is believed to have been murdered. The crime came to light after the youth, Bavin, 25, of Nenmanikkara panchayat, walked into Pudukkad police station around 12:30 am carrying bones in a bag.Bavin told police that the bones were those of his children born to 23-year-old Aneesha of Mattathoor panchayat. The couple had exhumed the bones months after the bodies were buried to perform rituals, and Bavin kept them at his house. He went to police after a rift surfaced in his relationship with Aneesha. They were charged under various IPC and BNS sections for murder, concealing evidence, concealment of birth and abandoning a child, besides under the Juvenile Justice Act for wilfully neglecting the child.‘Girl says family was not aware of pregnancy’Police said Aneesha and Bavin came into contact on Facebook years ago, and he used to go to Chalakudy to meet her. On Nov 6, 2021, Aneesha gave birth to a boy in her bathroom.“She says no one in her family was aware of her pregnancy. She claims the baby died at birth when the umbilical cord wrapped around its neck, forcing her to bury the body on her house premises without anyone noticing. Eight months later, on Bavin’s directives, she exhumed the bones and took them to his house, allegedly to perform rituals,” an officer said.According to police, she became pregnant again in 2024 and gave birth to a boy in her house on Aug 29. Fearing social stigma, she killed him the same day by covering his face with her hands and took the body in a bag to Bavin’s house on a scooter the next day. Bavin buried the body in the compound of his house, where he lives with his mother, an ayurveda nurse, police said.“Bavin exhumed the bones around four months later to perform rituals. He hid them in an almirah in his house. Later, a rift surfaced among the couple as Bavin suspected Aneesha of another relationship. He reached the police station on Sunday in an inebriated state,” the officer said. Police have registered two FIRs against the couple. They will exhume the bodies on Monday, besides questioning their family members to ascertain if the couple got support from others to kill the newborns and cover up the crime.
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