A 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly beating his daughters to death with bricks in New Palam Vihar here on Saturday night. The girls were 3 and 5 years old.
According to Saroj, her husband Mukesh Yadav would become violent after drinking liquor. She claimed that he beat her up after returning home drunk around 9 p.m. on Saturday. He then allegedly threatened her to leave with their four children — two sons and two daughters.
Saroj, who said she was scared, went to the nearby police station with her sons. She left her daughters behind as they were sleeping. The police, meanwhile, received a call saying that a man had killed his two daughters in New Palam Vihar.
Illicit relationship?
When Saroj returned with the police, she found her daughters dead. She recalled that earlier too Mukesh had thrown the kids out of the house. “I had gone out when he threw them out of the house, locked the door and went away himself. I found the children outside when I returned later,” said Saroj.
She said that she suspected Mukesh of having an affair with a woman in the neighbourhood, which is why he wanted to get rid of her and the children.
According to the post-mortem report, both girls suffered head injuries. While one girl died of head injuries, the second had injuries on her body, hinting that an attempt may have been made to smother her. Her death could have been a result of a head injury and smothering, said a doctor.
A case of murder has been registered against the accused at Bajghera police station.