An enraged 70 year-old man beat his daughter to death and seriously injured his wife in Naya Basera slums under Kamla Nagar police station area on Thursday. The locals caught the assailant and handed him to police.
According to the City Superintendent of Police TT Nagar Rameshwar Yadav, the man identified as Keshavlal Kewat (70) was under depression since he was not able to marry his daughter. Besides, Kewat, his wife Mangi and daughter Sharda were suffering from epilepsy for the past few years. They were undergoing treatment, but to no avail, Yadav informed.
On Thursday, at around 12 in the noon, the offender bolted the door of his house from inside and started beating his daughter with a wooden stick. He attacked Sharda on her head and when Mangi
intervened to save her daughter, Kewat started beating her due to which she sustained severe injuries in the head. Hearing the noise, the neigbours rescued them. The victims were rushed to Hamidia hospital where Sharda was declared dead, while the condition of Mangi is reportedly critical. Police said Kwat retired from Technical Education Department in the year 2002. He was concerned about his wife and daughter. At the age of 28, Sharda was still
unmarried due to her illness.
Few days ago, he had raised suspicion over the future of his wife and daughter if he passed away, his son laxminarayan told police.At the time of the incident, Kewat’s elder son Kailash was at work, while younger one Devendra was in the locality, who rushed towards his house after receiving the information and with the help of neighbours took her mother and sister to the hospital.
The police have registered a case under section 302 and 307 of the IPC and the accused has been sent to judicial custody.