India, Dec. 27 -- Three days after a six-year-old girl was found dead at her residence in Kalamboli on Tuesday, the police's investigation revealed that the child's mother had suffocated her to death. The mother reportedly wanted a son and had tried multiple times to harm the child, the police said.

According to the police, the incident took place on Tuesday night when the girl Mansi's father, a software engineer, returned home from work and found her laying in bed with her mother, Her mother, Supriya Pramod Mhamunkar, 30, a BSc graduate and homemaker. He initially thought she had gone to sleep. "It was unusual as the child always stayed awake to greet him. When he checked on her, she did not respond," said a police officer.

Mansi was t...