Overview
- Kothur police arrested 34-year-old Muyyadi Vijaya Laxmi and produced her to court, where she was remanded to judicial custody on Thursday after investigators treated the case as murder.
- The post-mortem report described 'throttling associated with hanging,' which led detectives to change the case from an apparent suicide to a murder inquiry under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- Police say the mother allegedly throttled her 14-year-old daughter, then tied a cloth to the girl's neck to stage the scene as a suicide, and officers have seized evidence as part of the probe.
- Investigators say repeated arguments over the teenager's mobile phone use provide the immediate context for the confrontation, though formal motive has not been proven in court.
- Reports differ on whether the death occurred on October 26 or October 27, but all accounts agree the new forensic finding led to the arrest and that the investigation is continuing.