MUZAFFARPUR: A 45-year-old man allegedly hacked his 19-year-old married daughter with a ‘dabia’, or fodder cutter, after she refused to have sex with him at his home at Mustafaganj village under the Meenapur police station area in Muzaffarpur district around 4am on Thursday.

Raktu Prasad, a farmworker, was arrested after his son-in-law lodged an FIR with the police. SHO (Meenapur police station) Madan Kumar Singh told TOI Raktu has confessed to the crime. The mystery shrouding the suicide of Raktu’s wife two years ago has also been solved with Raktu confessing to hanging her to death after she quarreled with him, the SHO said.

Police said Raktu’s daughter was married to Ranjit Kumar , a petty shopkeeper belonging to neighbouring Bishunpur village, four months ago.

The couple came to Mustafaganj two days back. Raktu returned home late on Wednesday night in an inebriated condition and insisted on sleeping in the room in which the couple were sleeping.

As a verbal wrangle ensued over the issue, Raktu lifted the ‘dabia’ and allegedly threatened to kill Ranjit if he did not leave his house instantly. The SHO quoting Raktu said after Ranjit left, the man entered his daughter’s room and tried to force himself on her. Furious over her resistance and cries for help, he brought the ‘dabia’ from a corner of the house and allegedly hit at her throat, neck, hands, legs and abdomen, the SHO said and added there were signs of 15 to 20 ‘dabia’ blows on the teen’s body.

The deceased was the eldest among five siblings with Raktu’s only son being the youngest. The four minor children were sleeping in another room when the gory incident took place.

