Honour killing in Jharkhand: Man kills daughter and her newborn baby

The man killed his minor daughter and her newborn baby in Garhwa, Jharkhand.

A tragic incident has made the headlines, where a man, in a suspected case of honour killing, killed his minor daughter and her newborn baby, who was only a day old. The incident occurred in the Garhwa district of Jharkhand, the police said on Tuesday.

Man kills his daughter and her day-old newborn baby.

A man in Garhwa district of Jharkhand has killed his minor daughter and her day-old newborn baby in a suspected case of honour killing. The incident occurred in Oraiya village, within the limits of the Meral police station. The deceased have been identified as RadhikaKumari and her one-day-old baby. Officer-in-charge of Meral police station, Vishnukant, said, “This is a case of honour killing. The accused father, identified as Anil Choudhary, has been arrested. The accused has confessed to the crime.”

The police give details about the case.

The officer said that the police on October 5 had received information that the minor girl and her baby were missing. He said, “We started a search for them and detained her father for interrogation. During the interrogation, he said that his daughter Radhika was in a love affair with a man in the adjoining Palamu district. Later, she ran away from home and got married to the man against her father’s wishes.” He said that around 4-5 months ago, the deceased’s husband was sent to jail under the POCSO Act, but he was later released. On October 2, the victim gave birth to her baby at Sadar Hospital in Garhwa, and they were later reported missing. “We received a complaint regarding this from the deceased’s husband on Monday, in which he suspected that her father had killed them,” the police officer said.

The officer further said, “We arrested the accused father. Then, on the basis of his statement that he had strangled both victims and buried them at a deserted place in the village. We recovered the bodies from that location late on Monday evening.”