Hyderabad: An auto driver in Telangana’s Kamareddy, who was debt-ridden, drowned his three daughters on Saturday, March 7, as he was unable to repay Rs 5 lakh.
The deceased daughters were identified as Sifat 8, Ayat 7, and Mariyam 5. In a press conference, the Kamareddy town police said, “Yesterday, at 3:30 pm, we received a complaint from a woman who said her daughters had missing since 10 AM.”
The superintendent of police ordered action in this case, and five police teams were formed to locate the missing girls. As part of the investigations people around the RB Nagar area were questioned and photos of the girls were also circulated in WhatsApp groups.
The accused identified as Ismail was arrested at 10:00 PM under section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for murder.
“When we interrogated the father, he gave inconsistent answers, saying he had tent them to a fast food center,” the police said in a press conference. The accused also inconsistent answers regarding the whereabouts of his daughters.
When the police verified the CCTV footage, they noticed that the accused took his daughters to a lake and threw them in it. The accused confessed to killing his daughters stating that he was unable to raise them. The accused has been sent to judicial remand.
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