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Sangli farmer hangs daughters upside down overnight over theft complaint; 9-year-old dies
The Sangli police said the girls cried for food and water throughout the night. Their mother and grandparents were present but were threatened by the father not to intervene.
The police said the accused, identified as Nana alias Dadu Haibati Yamgar, 35, was arrested on charges of murder at the Banpur village in Atpadi taluka. (Special Arrangement)
A nine-year-old girl died after her father hung her and her sister upside down from the roof of their tin house in Banpur village in Atpadi taluka of Sangli district in Maharashtra, police said.
Police arrested the man, identified as Nana alias Dadu Haibati Yamgar, aged 35 years, on charges of murder. Police said his nine-year-old daughter Sanika alias Rutuja died in the incident.
Sanika’s sister Anuja, age 11, is undergoing treatment at a hospital. A first information report (FIR) was lodged at Atpadi police station in Sangli on Thursday.
According to police, the accused had received a complaint that his daughters stole some money from a neighbour’s house. This also led to a quarrel between the accused and his neighbour. Following this, the accused got angry and punished his daughters by tying their hands and legs and hanging them upside down from the roof on Wednesday evening.
It is learnt the girls had cried for help and even sought food and water. Police said their mother and grandparents were present in the house at the time, but the accused threatened to kill them if they tried to release the girls.
Police said the two girls were left hanging upside down for over 12 hours. On Thursday morning, around 7 am, the family members saw the girls were unconscious. They brought down the girls and rushed them to a hospital, where Sanika was pronounced dead. After gaining consciousness, Anuja narrated the incident to doctors, who then informed police.
Soon, a team from Atpadi police station initiated a probe. The body of the deceased girl was taken for postmortem. Sub divisional police officer Vipul Patil confirmed the father was arrested under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 103 (murder) and 109 (attempt to murder).
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“The accused is a farmer. We are seeking his custody from the court for further investigation. So far the probe has revealed that he hung his daughters upside down after a complaint of theft from a neighbour. Unfortunately, his nine year old daughter died in the incident. The elder daughter is admitted to a hospital for treatment. She is stable now,” said Patil.
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