Ramanathapuram: A one-and-a-half-year-old girl was found dead in a temple tank near her house after she went missing at Akkida Valasai village in Ramanathapuram district on Monday night.
A senior police officer ruled out foul play in the death and said the girl fell into the tank and drowned. When they returned home later, they found that Bhargavi, who had been sleeping, was missing, police said. The entire episode was caught on a CCTV camera. The deceased was Bhargavi, daughter of Rajasekar and Indhuja . Following an argument, Rajasekar left for his native village. Indhuja and her mother, Radha , reportedly went in search of him to pacify him. Police retrieved the girl’s body and sent it to Ramanathapuram Govt Medical College Hospital for postmortem.
Police said the couple had a dispute around 11pm on Monday.
Family members and villagers searched for the child throughout the night but could not locate her. The toddler was later found dead in the Vaazha Irulai Amman temple tank near her residence.