Man chokes daughter to death with onion for not learning alphabets

Aurangabad (Maharashtra): A 30-year
old man has been nabbed by the Chikhalthana police here for thrashing and
choking his daughter to death with an onion for not learning the alphabets, an
officer said here on Tuesday.

The incident happened on Saturday
night when the accused - Sanjay Kute - was going through his six-year old
daughter Bharati’s homework, said investigating officer S.B. Rathore.

At one point when she couldn’t recite
her alphabets, an enraged Kute thrashed her and then forced her to swallow an
onion as punishment.

The girl choked on the onion and was
unable to breathe, and a short while later suffocated to death, while her
horrified mother and two-year old brother looked on, Rathore said.

Later, Kute attempted to hide his
crime by taking Bharati’s body to a nearby place and quietly disposing it off.

The weeping mother later contacted her
relatives and after detailed deliberations they decided to lodge a police
complaint against Kute.

“We arrested the accused on
Monday night and he will be produced before a court later today
(Tuesday),” Rathore stated.

The child’s body has been recovered
and the remains sent for an autopsy, she added.

IANS