Police in Telagana, India have arrested a man with a history of p*rn- addiction who brutally murdered his 12-year-old daughter, Vasantha, after she resisted his attempt to r*pe her.
The accused, identified as Banothu Naresh, 35, of Nadigadda Thanda in the Miyapur locality on the outskirts of Hyderabad, was arrested on Wednesday, June 19,2024.
Naresh had attempted to mislead the police by logging a false complaint about his daughter’s disappearance on June 7, 2024.
Subsequently , the body of an unidentified girl was found in a forest area.
The police summoned Naresh and his wife, who identified the body, which was then shifted to Gandhi Hospital mortuary on June 14.
Later, the body was handed over to the family for last rites.
At this stage, the Miyapur police intensified their investigation into the missing case, which had turned into a kidnap-cum-murder.
During the investigation, police discovered that Naresh had taken his daughter to the forest area on a motorbike but returned alone.
According to Inspector V Durga Rama Linga Prasad, ”On suspicion, he was interrogated and Naresh admitted to killing his daughter. The man is addicted to watching p*rn and wanted to have sex with his daughter,”
Investigators discovered that on June 7, Naresh took his daughter to an isolated location under the pretext of collecting firewood. Upon reaching the forest area beyond Nadigadda Thanda, he attempted to force her to submit to his demands.
”When the girl protested and tried to escape, he hit her in the face and she fell unconscious. Later he throttled her and then threw a boulder just to ensure that she was dead,” stated the police officer.
In an attempt to deceive the police, he filed a missing person report for his daughter, resulting in a kidnapping case being filed.
On June 13, the body of a girl was discovered I. The forested area.
The arrested individual originates from Mahabubabad district and had relocated to the city in early June, where he worked as a delivery boy for a grocery delivery service. He resided in Nadigadda Thanda in Miyapur.