Bengaluru: Father strangles girl with charger, hangs himself due to financial distress
India Today
A man who was facing financial distress allegedly strangled his 7-year-old daughter with a mobile charging cable in Bengaluru and later hanged himself.
In a shocking incident, a man in Bengaluru killed his 7-year-old daughter by strangling her with a mobile charging cable. Later, the 39-year-old man hanged himself.
As per the report by the Times of India (TOI), the man was stressed due to financial issues. The incident took place in the Bommasandra area near Anekal in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
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The man, who has been identified as Vijaya Kumar, waited for his wife to leave for work and then killed her daughter by strangling her with a wire and then smothering her using a pillow.
As per the Hebbagodi police, the man had hanged himself from the ceiling.
A preliminary probe indicated that Kumar had taken loans from private persons and failed to repay them.
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