Stepmother kills 8-year-old in Bihar after argument over spilt water: Police

A constabulary ailment filed by the girl’s begetter alleged that the stepmother strangled her pursuing an statement implicit spilt water. After the girl’s death, the stepmother “tried to pain the assemblage down to fell the crime”, the ailment claimed.

Dumraon Sub-Divisional Police Officer Afaque Akhter Ansari said the pistillate failed successful her effort to pain the body. “She past packed it successful a integrative sack and hid it nether the bed. If we had travel an hr late, she mightiness person near with the assemblage to dispose of it,” the SDPO said.

According to SP Kumar, the pistillate has been arrested and she has confessed to the crime.

Authorities said the miss was reported missing connected Saturday evening aft the stepmother told the remainder of the household that she could not beryllium found.

The household initially started looking for her extracurricular the home, but erstwhile they failed to find her, they searched for her inside. Her uncle yet recovered the assemblage hidden successful a cement container nether the bed, SDPO Ansari said.

Police said the girl’s begetter works successful Ghaziabad. “His archetypal woman died during Covid and helium remarried successful 2024,” an serviceman said.

According to police, the miss had returned from anganwadi and was unsocial with her stepmother erstwhile the incidental took place.

“The elder sister had gone retired to play portion the grandma was besides not astatine home. The pistillate claimed she had asked her to bring a solid of water, which she spilt. Enraged, she past strangled her to death,” the SDPO alleged.

Further investigations are underway, constabulary said.

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