Maharashtra shocker: Man brutally kills daughter after wife asks for Rs 5

In a gruesome incident, a man allegedly killed his 20-month-old daughter after his wife asked for Rs 5.

The incident took place on Tuesday in Maharashtra’s Gondia district, an official said on Thursday.

Why it happened

According to news agency PTI, the woman asked for Rs 5 from her husband to buy a snack for the wailing child. All of sudden, the man picked up the child and smashed her head on a door repeatedly, the senior official from Gondia said.

However, the girl’s mother tried to stop the man, but she couldn’t save her child.

The baby received severe injuries on her head and other body parts. However, she died on the spot, they said.

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The mother later informed the police about the incident. The body of the 20-month-old baby was sent to a hospital for postmortem, he said.

Police registered a complaint on the basis of the woman’s statement.

The accused man was arrested and booked under charges for murder under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.

According to the official, the couple got married in 2018, but the woman later left his home for about a year as he allegedly used to beat her under the influence of alcohol. In 2019, she returned to his home in the village, he added.

-With agency inputs

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