CID Nabs Man For Killing 3-Year-Old Daughter After 10 Years

Bhubaneswar: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) sleuths arrested an absconding man for killing his 3-year-old daughter in the year 2013.

The accused has been identified as Prasant Sahani from Murbad, Thane, Maharashtra.

According to reports, the matter came to the fore after a complaint was filed by Pooja Sahani, wife of Prasant Sahani of Tampua in Keonjhar district.

In her complaint, Pooja had alleged that her husband Prasanta Kumar Sahani kidnapped and murdered her 3-year-old girl child.

As per the investigation, the accused had serious matrimonial discord with his wife. The complainant delivered a girl child in 2011.

On August 18, 2013, following an altercation between the couple at their village Fakirpada of Keonjhar district, the accused husband, in a fit of rage, took his daughter on his bicycle up to the river Baitarani and threw her into the river.

On getting accurate information about the location of the accused at Murbad, a CID team nabbed the accused Prasanta Sahani on June 29, 2023.