Hindustan Times (Jalandhar)

WOMAN KILLS MINOR DAUGHTER

- HT Correspond­ent letterschd@hindustant­imes.com

KARNAL: A 25-year-old woman was booked for allegedly killing her two-year-old daughter in Kakot village of Kaithal, police said on Sunday.

Surender Singh said his wife Rajkumari strangled their elder daughter and fled the house on Saturday.

She also took my younger daughter with her, he told the police.

As per the complainan­t, he had married Rajkumari about five years ago.

Cops associated with the investigat­ion said the father had buried her body before filing the complaint.

The police dug out the body and sent it postmortem examinatio­n.

Titram police station in-charge Raj Kumar said they have started an investigat­ion.

An FIR was registered against the woman, a native of Patna, and a manhunt was launched to nab her, he added.

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