In a horrifying incident in Barabanki, UP, a 10-year-old girl was allegedly murdered by her father because he felt the ¡°sacrifice¡± would lead to buried treasure at his home. He did so on the advice of a tantrik.?
Police said the father, who hails from Badosarai in Barabanki, was told that treasure was buried under his house, and to find it he would have to ¡°sacrifice¡± his daughter.?
After that, the accused along with the occultist and one more man beat the girl to death. He also beat up his wife when she intervened. He then buried the girl's body in the house, as per a report in India Today.?
When the victim's maternal grandmother came to know what happened, she filed a complaint. The police registered a case and eventually arrested those accused.?
The body has been exhumed and a postmortem examination will be conducted.?
"A man named Alam beat his daughter during his wife's treatment. The victim died due to the assault. He later buried the body without informing the police. After receiving information about the case, police recovered the body and sent it for postmortem,¡± said Barabanki SP Arvind Chaturvedi.?
He added that an investigation is underway.?