Shocking! To force estranged wife to live with him, man tries to hang 13-year-old daughter in Mumbai
A man has been arrested for allegedly trying to murder his daughter by hanging her at his house in Maharashtra's Mumbai on Saturday.
Mumbai: In a shocking case, a man in Maharashtra’s Mumbai went to an extreme length to get his estranged wife back by allegedly trying to murder their 13-year-old daughter.
The man in question has been identified as Ajay Gaud, a Malad resident who is employed as a painter with a media company. He allegedly tried to hang his daughter to death and took photos of the scene to send them to his estranged wife, with the intention to make her return to stay with him. Fortunately, the neighbours managed to rescue the teenager while the accused was attempting to hang her. Thereafter, the police were informed and the accused was arrested.
According to the police, Gaud’s wife, identified as Puja, left the house around two years ago. She told the cops that she was frequently thrashed by Gaud. She went to her hometown in Uttar Pradesh. “Gaud started to live with his father, his brother and brother’s family. But he would call up Puja often and ask her to return home. The two would fight over the phone. Puja had made it clear that she would never return to live with him,” a report by The Times of India quoted a police officer as saying.
Over a month ago, the accused brought his 13-year-old daughter and eight-year-old boy to Mumbai for online classes. He assaulted the kids as they used to talk to Puja on the phone. On Saturday, he tied a rope around his daughter’s neck and made her stand on an overturned bucket. He tied the other end of the rope to the ceiling. He then told her to jump from the bucket, so that she would get asphyxiated with the noose.
He then began photographs of the girl. He wanted to send the pictures to his wife to force her to return to his house. When the teenage girl refused to jump off, the man allegedly threatened to switch the fan on. The girl screamed for help. Hearing her cries, neighbours came rushing to the spot and rescued her. Later, the accused was arrested and produced in a court.
News Credit: Times Now News
