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A father is alleged to have tortured to death his 14-year-old daughter’s rapist after cooking him dinner.

The man is accused of burning the 45-year-old married man’s genitals with heated tongs before strangling him to death on Friday night after discovering that his daughter had fallen pregnant following the attack.

The father, 36, is alleged to have told police that he did not plan to kill the man, telling cops: "I burned his genitals once, he screamed.

"I did it again, he shuddered. When I did it the third time..he did not move. He was dead…I did not want to kill him."

Following the murder in Khajuri Khas, Northeast Delhi, India, the man is said to have gone to a police station and confessed to the crime.

A police spokesman said: "Based on his statement, we sent a team to the spot and recovered the body.

"It has been sent for a post-mortem examination and his family has been informed.

"A case of murder has been registered and the 36-year-old man was arrested."

A police officer told Newsline: "A man came to the police station around 4 am on Saturday and confessed to murder.

"A team was sent to the scene of crime. The body of the supplier was found on the bed, with his hands and mouth tied with a towel.

"The victim sustained burn injuries on his private parts and stomach."