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Ajmer Police Arrest Mother After 3-Year-Old Found Dead in Ana Sagar Lake

Investigators focus on CCTV evidence, with alleged taunts by her partner under review as a possible motive.

Overview

  • Police say a patrol spotted the woman late Tuesday and, after she refused help, CCTV footage showed her first with the child and later alone.
  • The footage triggered a search that led to the recovery of the girl's body from Ana Sagar Lake on Wednesday.
  • The mother, identified by police as Anjali Singh, 28, was arrested in Ajmer and is originally from Uttar Pradesh.
  • Officers say she reported frequent taunts from her live-in partner about the child’s parentage, which they are treating as a possible factor.
  • According to India Today citing police, she confessed during interrogation to pushing the child into the lake through a gap in a railing.