Father kills his 5-year-old daughter in Uttar Pradesh for visiting her neighbour’s house

The incident happened in UP’s Sitapur, where he dismembered her body; the police have arrested the accused.

Police said that the accused, a father, 40, named Mohit Mishra, was furious that his daughter Tani visited their neighbour’s house he had a dispute with. The shocking case made the headlines about the father killing his 5-year-old daughter. He allegedly strangled her to death and dismembered her body in four pieces.

Father kills his 5-year-old daughter because she visited their neighbour’s house.

The accused father was furious that his daughter Tani visited their neighbour’s house he had a dispute with, reported NDTV quoting police. The child was reported missing on February 25, with Mishra himself filing the complaint. The report quoted additional superintendent of police Pravin Ranjan Singh as saying, “We registered a case and formed four teams to search for her. During the search, we discovered a body part. The next day, more remains were found, confirming that she had been murdered.”

The father confessed to killing his daughter.

The police officer said that they had been questioning people repeatedly during the probe when the father of the girl reportedly went missing. Singh added, “The father gave his phone to his wife and disappeared. When he disappeared, we asked the family members about the events that took place before the child went missing. When the father resurfaced, he was questioned, and he eventually confessed to killing the girl and disposing of the body.”

What happened between Mohit Mishra and his neighbours?

The police officer said, “A few days ago, an argument broke out between the two families, and they stopped meeting. Mohit warned his daughter multiple times not to go to Ramu’s house, but she kept going there to play.” He added, “In a fit of rage, he took his daughter on his bike to an isolated spot, strangled her with her own clothes, and dumped her body in a mustard field.”