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Nov 15, 2009 10:00 pm US/Pacific
Mother Arrested In Drowning Of 3-Year-Old Daughter
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Anul Ram
Sacramento Police Department
A three-year-old girl was found drowned in a bathtub on Sunday morning, and the victim's mother has been arrested on suspicion of murder, according to authorities.
The Sacramento Police Department said they found three-year-old Divya unresponsive after receiving two calls from the girl's father, who feared the mother had hurt her.
Anul Ram, 31, picked up her daughter and her seven-year-old son from her ex-husband's house at about 1:00 a.m. Sunday, according to police. Relatives told CBS13 that Anul had scratches all over her face, and her ex-husband called police after they left to ask for an officer to check on his family.
Police said no officers were available at the time because of a homicide that happened two hours earlier.
After Anul returned to her apartment on Greenhaven Drive in Sacramento, she allegedly called her ex-husband and told him she had drowned their daughter in the bathtub, according to a relative who did not wish to be identified.
Divya's father called police again, who responded and attempted to resuscitate the girl. The victim was transported to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Anul Ram is on suicide watch at the Sacramento County Jail, where she is being held on murder charges and being in the country illegally.
She was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder within the last year, according to a relative.
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