Sopore, July 13 (Newswire): Two weeks after four-year-old Muskan was found murdered in an orchard at Laiser Rafiabad village in held Kashmir district of Baramulla, police said her father Altaf Ahmad has been arrested for his daughter's killing.
Police said investigations revealed that the girl was last seen in the company of her father who killed her by "choking her nose and mouth."
"To mislead the police, he slit her throat with a knife and concealed the body in a bag and hid it under grass and bushes," Deputy Inspector General of Police, held Kashmir, JP Singh said in a press conference here.
Police said marriage and medical records revealed that the baby was born in less than nine months of marriage of her parents. "This made the father to suspect him of not being her biological father. Over a period of time this developed into an extreme hatred," police said.
Another motive behind the killing, police said, was Altaf's greed of getting cash compensation from government by putting blame on militants for her killing for the reason that his wife is a village Panchayat member.
"The accused has been arrested. Circumstantial and scientific evidence corroborate his involvement in the murder of his daughter," the DIG said.
On June 15, the throat-slit body of the missing girl was recovered from an orchard. A case FIR No. 40/2013 U/S 302 RPC was registered in Police Station Dangiwacha.
Autopsy of the slain girl was conducted by a team of three doctors comprising Dr Qayoom, Dr Gulshan and Dr Khursheed at District Hospital Baramulla. It seems she was butchered with some sharp edged weapon, they had reported.
The incident is first of its kind in the area, sending shockwaves in the entire district.
Following hue and cry seeking justice for the girl, the Superintendent of Police Sopore constituted a special investigation team (SIT) under the supervision of SDPO Sopore Mushtaq Ahmad assisted by SHO Police Station Dangiwacha Muzaffar Ahmad to investigate the gruesome murder.
Police said investigations revealed that the girl was last seen in the company of her father who killed her by "choking her nose and mouth."
"To mislead the police, he slit her throat with a knife and concealed the body in a bag and hid it under grass and bushes," Deputy Inspector General of Police, held Kashmir, JP Singh said in a press conference here.
Police said marriage and medical records revealed that the baby was born in less than nine months of marriage of her parents. "This made the father to suspect him of not being her biological father. Over a period of time this developed into an extreme hatred," police said.
Another motive behind the killing, police said, was Altaf's greed of getting cash compensation from government by putting blame on militants for her killing for the reason that his wife is a village Panchayat member.
"The accused has been arrested. Circumstantial and scientific evidence corroborate his involvement in the murder of his daughter," the DIG said.
On June 15, the throat-slit body of the missing girl was recovered from an orchard. A case FIR No. 40/2013 U/S 302 RPC was registered in Police Station Dangiwacha.
Autopsy of the slain girl was conducted by a team of three doctors comprising Dr Qayoom, Dr Gulshan and Dr Khursheed at District Hospital Baramulla. It seems she was butchered with some sharp edged weapon, they had reported.
The incident is first of its kind in the area, sending shockwaves in the entire district.
Following hue and cry seeking justice for the girl, the Superintendent of Police Sopore constituted a special investigation team (SIT) under the supervision of SDPO Sopore Mushtaq Ahmad assisted by SHO Police Station Dangiwacha Muzaffar Ahmad to investigate the gruesome murder.
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