BAREILLY: A 7-year-old girl was allegedly killed by her stepmother because her husband was not giving much attention to her children in Bahedi area of UP's Bareilly on Friday night.
Ghanshyam, who goes by his first name, is a labourer and his first wife died due to illness three years ago. He recently married a widow, who brought along a 4-year-old son and a year-old daughter with her. Ghanshyam told police that his second wife was not happy as he used to love his daughter Rashmi. In a fit of rage, the second wife strangled his daughter to death while she was sleeping on Friday evening.
Police have booked Ghanshyam's second wife under the section of murder and have sent the body for autopsy.
Notably, a woman was booked for killing her 5-month-old daughter in Sambhal on Thursday.
Circle officer Tejveer Singh told TOI, "We have registered an FIR against one Bharti Devi (33) on the complaint of her husband Ghanshyam for allegedly murdering their minor daughter. Ghanshyam told us that Bharti had confessed to have killed their daughter and the circumstantial evidence suggests the same. We have registered an FIR under the section of murder against her and are waiting for the autopsy report to confirm the cause of death."
