This story is from September 3, 2020

Bihar: Araria man kills daughter with learning difficulties

Bihar: Araria man kills daughter with learning difficulties
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PATNA: A 45-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his minor daughter with learning difficulties as he had got annoyed with her for frequently slipping out of the house at night.
Mohammad Shahid, who worked as a daily wager in Araria, was sent to jail on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Husna Ara (14).
Araria town police station SHO Sunil Kumar said the girl was actually killed on August 20 night. “But her decomposed body was recovered on August 25 from a septic tank of a residential building under construction at Mirzapur under Town police station area,” he said, adding the accused was arrested on Monday.

He said Shahid, along with his family, lived in a house adjacent to the building under construction. “Shahid strangled the girl when everyone was asleep and dumped her body into the newly constructed septic tank,” he said.
The SHO said when the neighbours started getting a foul smell on August 25, they started searching for its source and recovered the body. He said Shahid lived with his wife, two daughters and one son, all aged below eight years. His eldest daughter is married.
“When his wife asked about their missing daughter, Shahid told her that she had gone missing. His wife got convinced as Husna had the tendency of slipping out of the residence at night,” the SHO said and added that Shahid had left home after the incident and his wife along with children also fled from the body was recovered.
The SHO said Shahid confessed to his crime.
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