Overview
- Police in Ghaziabad said they arrested Mohammad Akram and his wife Nisha on Wednesday in the death of Akram’s six-year-old daughter in the Dasna area.
- Investigators said the child was beaten after her clothes were soiled when she slipped into a drain and was then left on the roof in cold weather before she died on Monday.
- Assistant Commissioner of Police Priya Shri Pal said the autopsy documented 13 injuries along with fractured ribs and haematoma, indicating severe internal trauma.
- Wave City police registered a murder case after receiving a complaint from the girl’s maternal grandfather, Mohammad Zaheer, and they are reviewing records from hospitals involved.
- Family members said the victim’s two half-siblings, now with relatives, reported previous beatings by the stepmother and remain fearful.