Drunk father throws infant girl into well

: A 32-year-old inebriated man in a village in Jhalawar district killed his threemonth-old daughter by throwing her into a well following a scuffle with his brother over a domestic issue, police said Thursday.

Om Prakash Bheel has been absconding since the incident in Maharajpura village on Tuesday night, police said.

The body of the infant was recovered from the well on Wednesday. SHO of the Manhorethana police station Pawan Meena said Bheel and his brother Chain Singh were drinking together when a fight erupted between them over a domestic issue.

In a fit of rage, Bheel went to his hut nearby, picked up his sleeping daughter and threw her into the well filled with water, about 15 metres away. His wife and other members of the family attempted to stop him but could not, Meena said. Police have filed a murder case against Bheel.

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