A couple from Aurangabad was arrested on Monday night for allegedly choking their eight-day-old daughter to death.
According to the Aurangabad police, the incident occurred in the Mundwadi village in Kannad taluka. The police received an anonymous complaint earlier this week alleging that Mundwadi residents Ankush and Ranjana Jadhav had killed their newborn daughter last month and buried her in their farm.
“When we took the Jadhav couple into custody, they confessed to have stuffed tobacco in their eight-day-old daughter’s mouth and choking her to death. The couple then buried the dead body,” said Deepak Salunkhe, assistant superintendent of police, Kannad police station.
During interrogation, Ankush had said that he suspected that the girl was not his daughter, and had coerced Ranjana into participating in the crime.
“The girl was born just five months after the couple got married, which made Ankush suspect that Ranjana had been having an affair before marriage. Following their confession, the Jadhavs as well as Ankush’s father and brother were placed under arrest late on Monday night,” Mr Salunkhe added.
In another incident in Nashik, the body of a six-month-old girl was exhumed after her father alleged that she had been murdered.