The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/jammu-and-kashmir-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Jammu and Kashmir</a> police has cracked the &ldquo;murder case&rdquo; of a seven-year-old-girl and said that the father of the girl was behind the gruesome act.
Senior Superintendent of Police for <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/kupwara-district-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Kupwara district</a> in north Kashmir, Yougal Manhas said that the father first strangulated her and then slit her throat.
Addressing a press conference, the SSP said that during the investigation, a police team formed to investigate the case suspected Muhammad Iqbal Khatana, the girl&rsquo;s father. &ldquo;After cross examination, it was established that he first strangulated his daughter in his vehicle and then took her to a tin shed where he slit her throat,&rdquo; the SSP Kupwara said.
The senior police officer said that Iqbal would regularly fight with her wife. On March 29, during a fight with his wife, the later slapped Khatana. He left home and took a sharp knife along. &ldquo;His wife and locals of the area besides his own brother Showkat Ahmed had seen Iqbal&rsquo;s daughter asking him for rupees. They also saw Iqbal taking his daughter along in his vehicle,&rdquo; the SSP said, adding that &ldquo;Iqbal first strangulated his daughter in the vehicle after which she died on the spot. He then took his vehicle near a tin shed where he slit his daughter&rsquo;s throat and left it there.&rdquo;
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Manhas said that Iqbal lodged the missing report of his daughter in the Lolab police station. &ldquo;In the meanwhile, locals found the body of the girl from the tin shed. After post-mortem and thorough discussions with the doctors, we came to know that Iqbal had first strangulated his daughter and then slit her throat with the knife.&rdquo;
The police officer said that after corroborating the evidences, Iqbal was interrogated and he confessed to the crime. &ldquo;He has been arrested and the knife he used has also been recovered.&rdquo;
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