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Seven-Month-Old Girl Killed By Stepfather In Gurugram

An FIR was registered in this regard at DLF phase 3 police stat🌱ion and the accused was arrested within hours, police offi꧒cial said.

Seven-Month-Old Girl Killed By Stepfather In Gurugra꧙m
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A seven-month-old girl was al🃏legedly killed by her stepfather, who threw her on the floor in a slum near Nathupur village here last night, police on Friday said.&nb🃏sp;

An🐓 FIR was registered in this regard at DLF phase 3 police station and the accused was arrested within hours, they said.

The accused has been identified as♏ 30-year-old Vijay Sahni, a native of Bihar's Sitamarhi district, police said.

The incident took place in a slum near Nathupur hilly area l🌳a🤡st night where the wife of the accused was living with his brother and the seven-month-old girl, they said.

The accused started a quarrel with his wܫife after reaching there and threw the seven-month-old stepdaughter on the floor, police said. The accused ran away after the incident following which the police was called.

A team reached the spot and took the girl to a nওearby hospital where the doctors declar💝ed her dead, police said.

According to the complaint filed by the mother of the deceased girl, her husband Vijay Sahni was🌊 caught in the case of selling liquor in Delhi, police said.

After being released from jail, he was caught in the case of chain snatching about four years ago i🏅n Gurugram and was lodged in the Bhondsi Jail, they said.

"During this time, I had started living a familyꦐ life with the brother of my husband and I gave birth to a baby girl seven months ago. Vijay was released from the Bhondsi Jail on Wednesday," the accused's wife said 💝in her complaint.

"He came to our s🅺lum on Thursday night and during a fight with me, he threw my seven-month-old daughter on the ground due to which she died. Vijay ran away💦 after this," she added in the complaint.

An FIR was registered against Sahni following the comp🌜laint under section 302 (murder) of the IPC at DLF phase 3 police station, police said.

The🍸 accused was arrested within hours from a slum in Nathupura area, they said.

"We h✤anded over the girl's body to the kin after the post-mortem today and we are questioning the accused, said a spokesperson of the Gurugram Police.