Grandma throws toddler from 6th floor over grudges

Kurar police have arrested a 50-year-old woman for throwing her step-granddaughter, Jiya, from the sixth floor of a Malad high-rise on September 28. Police said the arrested accused, Rukhsana Ansari, was fed up with daily arguments between her daughter’s son and Jiya. She has been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code for murder.

According to police, relations between the toddler’s mother and Rukhsana were always sour. Rukhsana always favoured her daughter’s son over Jiya, which often led to arguments. Relations between Jiya and Rukhsana were so bad that the grandmother pinched her badly just to teach the toddler a lesson, complained Saniya, Jiya’s mother.

“On September 5, a similar argument ensued in the family, after which my in-laws and sister-in-law moved out of the house with her son, to stay with my brother-in-law at Mahul. Around 20 days later, when my husband visited Mahul, he convinced them to return and requested them not to pick fights,” said Saniya.

After the reconciliation, Rukhsana, her husband returned along with her daughter and grandson to stay with Jiya’s parents on September 26. A day later, Jiya fell sick and had fever. After Saniya took her to the doctor, Rukhsana brought nutmeg and almond, following which she prepared a mixture and rubbed it on her, which worsened her condition. Police said that Jiya was cranky all night and slept only after 3.30am on September 28.

Early on September 28, around 6.30am, a first floor resident saw Jiya lying in a pool of blood on the ground floor. He immediately rushed over to Jiya’s house and informed them about the incident. After learning of Jiya lying in a pool of blood, everybody rushed to the ground floor, except Rukhsana.