By Our Correspondent
Agartala:
A three-year-old girl was hacked to death by her father at a brick kiln in Tripura’s Udaipur sub-division early this morning.
Police sources said that the accused father, reportedly, tried to set the body of the minor girl on fire but failed due to timely response from the local co-workers of the kiln.
“The incident took place when the victim’s mother was working at the Brickkiln this morning. Taking advantage of the situation, the accused father identified as Shiv Kumar took the sleeping baby girl identified as Smita Kumari Chauhan out of their room and killed her with sharp weapons”, police said.
On knowing about the incident, a police team led by additional superintendent of police Sudip Paul reached the spot and arrested the accused.
It is being alleged that the accused committed the crime under the influence of alcohol. Further investigation is underway.