KOLKATA: A 25-year-old man, Sk Raju, was

on Wednesday on charges of killing his three-and-a-halfmonth-old daughter by repeatedly throwing her onto the bed and then twisting her hand, leg and neck, before disfiguring her face in presence of his wife.

Cops said the accused was upset ever since his second wife,

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who gave birth to a girl. According to police, Raju had left his first wife following the birth of a girl child. And he used to fight with Afsari too ever since this baby was born. The incident was reported on Wednesday from the Coal Berth Road under South Port police station.

“We found that he had wilfully murdered his minor daughter Sultani Khatoon (3 months 17 days). His wife put up resistance, but was beaten up,” said a senior investigating officer.

“After the incident, Afsari and Raju’s mother Anwara Begum took the baby to Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan and later to SSKM Hospital, where the emergency medical officer declared her dead,” said a senior investigating officer.

Police said an FIR was drawn on the basis of complaint of Afsari Begum and the accused was arrested.

“Arrangements are being made for holding inquest and post-mortem examination to ascertain the actual cause of death,” said an officer. Police said they would be recording the statement of the his wife and mother.

“We are awaiting the postmortem report. We are also contacting his first wife to ascertain if he had behaved violently with his first child. We will pray for the case to be fast-tracked,” said a senior investigating officer from Port division.

The homicide section of the detective department is likely to help the South Port police station to file the final chargesheet.