Man kills toddler as her crying disturbed his sleep

Surat: Salabatpura police arrested a 25-year-old man on Monday for allegedly killing his eight-month-old daughter. Police said that the accused Uvesh Shaikh first punched the baby and them threw her on the floor as her crying disturbed his sleep.
Shaikh irons cloths for a living and lives in Reshamwad. The incident took place on Monday morning when the accused was asleep.
When the baby started crying, Uvesh’s wife, Amrin tried to pacify her, but she continued to cry. Meanwhile, Shaikh got up from his cot and started hitting the baby.
Amrin tried to rescue the girl but Shaikh snatched the baby from her and allegedly threw her on the floor. The baby became unconscious. The couple took her to SMIMER hospital where she was declared dead on admission.
“Primarily it appears that he did this in fit of anger,” said a police officer at Salabatpura police station.