Gzb man rapes, murders his daughter; frames neighbour

Two days after arresting a 43-year-old woman for allegedly poisoning and killing a seven-year-old neighbour, Ghaziabad police on Monday apprehended the girl's 52-year-old father on charges of raping and murdering the child.

- Peeyush Khandelwal

GHAZIABAD:

The father's arrest came after the autopsy revealed that the girl died of strangulation and showed signs of sexual assault. The report prompted police to re-examine the case.

Police said the man, who initially accused his neighbour of "poisoning" the girl, confessed to raping and strangling his daughter early on March 12. He then fabricated a story claiming the child fell ill after eating a bowl of "kadhi" the neighbour gave them.

On March 14, police arrested the woman based on the father's March 12 first information report (FIR) under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 105 (for culpable homicide, not amounting to murder), which claimed his daughter and her siblings fell ill after eating the "kadhi".

However, the investigation in the case took a dramatic turn after the autopsy.