MAHA MAN STAGES HIS DAUGHTER’S KILLING AS SUICIDE

NAGPUR: A 42-year-old man in Nagpur was arrested for allegedly killing his 16-year-old daughter and staging the incident as a suicide to “teach a lesson” to his wife and her family, police said on Sunday. The girl was found dead on November 6, and five purported suicide notes blaming her stepmother, maternal uncle, aunt and grandfather were found, officers said. A case was filed and the family members concerned were arrested, the officers said. “Police, however, grew suspicious... They found a photo of the girl alive, with a noose around her neck. Upon interrogation, he confessed to killing her,” they said.

THE ACCUSED WAS REPORTEDLY INSPIRED BY AN EPISODE OF TV SERIES C.I.D., POLICE OFFICERS SAID

NAGPUR: A 42-year-old man in Nagpur was arrested for allegedly killing his 16-year-old daughter and staging it as a suicide to “teach a lesson” to his wife and her family, police said on Sunday.

The accused was reportedly inspired by an episode of popular TV series CID, they added.

Providing details, Kalamna police station in-charge Vinod Patil said Guddu Chhotelal Rajak, a labourer, used to live with his second wife Kaushalya (38) and three children — Mahi (16), Ziya (12) and Gaurav (10) — in east Nagpur.

He remarried a few years ago after his first wife died by suicide in 2016.

However, Kaushalya left home on October 10 this year due to alleged mental and physical torture, Patil said. On November 6, Mahi was found hanging from a ceiling raft, Patil said. Kalamna police recovered five suicide notes blaming her stepmother, maternal uncle, aunt and grandfather for “forcing her to marry”.

The notes also accused her maternal uncle, Santosh Piparde (47), of molestation, he said.

Subsequently, police filed a case under section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the IPC and provisions of the Pocso Act against the family members and arrested them, Patil said.

“Police, however, grew suspicious and seized Guddu’s phone for investigation. They found a photo of Mahi alive, with a noose around her neck. Upon further interrogation, he confessed to killing Mahi,” Patil said.

Following Guddu’s confession, police added section 302 (murder) of IPC in the case and arrested him, Patil said.

“We have released his wife and relatives. He is in police custody till November 16. A probe is underway,” he said.