A Bulandshahr man faces arrest after allegedly beating his 12-year-old daughter to death for reportedly stealing candy, sparking outrage and a police investigation into this tragic incident.
Key Points
- A man in Bulandshahr was arrested for allegedly beating his 12-year-old daughter to death.
- The incident occurred after the daughter was accused of stealing a packet of candy from a local grocery store.
- The girl's mother filed a complaint with the police, leading to the father's arrest.
- Police have recovered the stick allegedly used in the crime.
Police on Sunday arrested a man for allegedly beating his 12-year-old daughter to death with a stick for "stealing" a packet of candy from a grocery store here, officials said.
According to police, a complaint was lodged at Ratanpur village on March 27 by the girl's mother, Aarti, who alleged that her husband, Pushpendra alias Pappu Sharma, beat their daughter with a stick, leading to her death.
According to police, Pushpendra was enraged after a local shopkeeper complained to him that his daughter had stolen a packet of candy from his shop.
Based on the complaint, police registered an FIR at the Narora police station and arrested Pushpendra on Sunday.
"The stick used in the crime has been recovered at the instance of the accused," SHO Ganga Prasad Arya said.
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