India, July 16 -- LUCKNOW The five-year-old girl found dead in her home in Khandari Bazar locality of Qaiserbagh on Tuesday morning was allegedly killed by her mother and her live-in partner, both of whom were arrested on Wednesday morning. The woman, Roshni Khan alias Naaz, 25, stomped on her daughter's stomach while her partner, Udit Jaiswal, 32, covered her mouth to muffle her screams, resulting in the child's death, said deputy commissioner of police (west) Vishwajeet Srivastava.

The girl was against her mother's illicit relationship and wanted to live with her father, Shahrukh Khan, 33. On July 13 night, she was insisting on living with her father when Roshni first beat up her daughter black and blue, before taking the extreme step,...