Facebook 'prank' goes wrong as Kerala woman abandons baby for online friend, relatives behind it end life

The police probe into the death of a newborn in Kerala revealed that his mother abandoned him for her Facebook lover. However, it later came to light that the Facebook account was run by two of her relatives. The two relatives later allegedly died by suicide, police said.

In January, a newborn baby boy was found in a heap of dry leaves in Kollam district of Kerala. The infant later died in a hospital. A police probe into the incident has revealed a prank among relatives that went horribly wrong, leading to the loss of three lives, one of them a few hours old baby.