A woman is accused of drowning her six-year-old niece during a wedding celebration because the child “looked prettier than her.”

The woman, who goes by Poonam, reportedly drowned her young relative in a tub of water after her family gathered for a ceremony in Panipat, northern India, on Monday.

The girl, named Vidhi, had attended the wedding with her father, mother, 10-month-old brother and her grandmother.

Vidhi’s father is said to have received a phone call during the celebrations, informing him that the girl had gone missing – prompting a family search party.

After an hour, Vidhi’s grandmother, Omwati, tragically found her dead in a nearby storeroom, with her head submerged underwater.

She was rushed to the nearby NC Medical College, where she was later pronounced dead.

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