Bareilly: A father admitted to having raped and killed his 8-year-old daughter because he suspected his wife of cheating on him, and the daughter to be a result of her illicit relationship. The body of the girl had been recovered from a neighbour’s toilet on March 29 in Fatehganj West area of Bareilly district.

Police had earlier registered an FIR against the neighbour, but truth was revealed during the investigation. The accused was sent to jail on Wednesday after he was produced before a remand magistrate.

According to police, the girl had gone missing sometime during the evening on the day of the incident. Announcements were made through a local mosque’s PA system, but she couldn’t be found. Later in the night, her body was recovered from a toilet, and the girl’s father had an FIR registered against a local youth.

SHO Fatehganj West Chandrakiran detained the accused and sent him to jail, but he said he was not convinced the youth had committed the murder, as he was sleeping inside his house when he was caught.

After thorough investigation, police found out that the girl’s father often used to quarrel with his wife, and mistreat his daughter. The father had also repeatedly changed his statement. By then, the girl’s mother had expressed suspicion about her husband. It emerged the father had also borrowed money on interest from the accused, giving credence to a financial motivation behind his naming the accused. Finally, forensic evidence collected from the spot and the girl’s body also indicated the father’s involvement in the crime.

Additional SP (rural) Sansaar Singh said, “When we started the investigation, the girl’s mother had indicated that her husband could have had committed the murder. A day after we questioned him for the second time, he changed his statement and then went absconding. He was caught on Tuesday, when he confessed to have raped and killed his daughter, as he suspected she was a result of his wife’s illicit relationship with another man. The youth who was earlier booked will now be acquitted. He was framed because he had lent some money to the accused.”



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