Goa man batters daughter to death with cricket stump over affair, held

Panaji: A Goa resident battered his 20-year-old daughter to death with a cricket stump over her relationship with a youth he did not approve, police said Friday. Accused Sunilkumar Rajan, 46, a resident of Sanquelim in North Goa, has been arrested.

“The accused was angry that his daughter had entered into a relationship. He hit her with a cricket stump on her head several times on Thursday afternoon, injuring her seriously. He later took her to a local hospital, where she died” Bicholim police station SHO Mahesh Gadekar said Friday.

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Police added provisions of culpable homicide to the case Friday after the victim succumbed to her injuries.

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