Man slits 8-year-old daughter's throat, throws her into bushes assuming her dead; girl survives

IANS

Bhopal, January 31

In a heart-wrenching incident, a man slit the throat of his eight-year-old daughter and threw her into the bushes assuming she was dead.

Fortunately, the minor not only survived but managed to come out on roadside from the bushes. Some passersby noticed her semi-conscious and alerted the police.

This inhumane act of the man was reported from Koh-e-Fiza locality in Madhya Pradesh's capital city Bhopal on Tuesday. The child was rushed to a hospital where she is recuperating from injuries.

According to the police, the minor girl was found near Saifia College. After the incident, when the minor regained consciousness, she came out from the bushes and asked for help.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Riyaz Iqbal said her father Tej Singh Lodhi took her along asking her to go to her relative's house.

"The accused slit the throat of the girl in a deserted area near Saifia College and threw her into the bushes. The accused thought the minor would die, but as soon as she regained consciousness, the girl came out from the bushes to the road."

"The girl was bleeding and asking for help. As soon as the police received information about the incident, they reached the spot and admitted the girl to Hamidia Hospital," the DCP said.

He said a case had been registered.

Tej Singh Lodhi works at a tent house shop and lives in Teela Jamalpura area in the city in a rented house. He is originally a resident of Sagar. The minor is Lodhi's daughter from his first wife who passed away. Lodhi lives here with his second wife with whom he has a boy.