Guwahati, September 24: A man in Assam's Cachar district has been arrested on charges of killing his six-year-old daughter, police said on Monday. A senior police officer said the horrifying incident occurred in Lathigram village and the accused has been identified as Najir Uddin Laskar. According to a complaint filed by the man's wife Farida Begam, she was a victim of domestic violence ever since her marriage to Laskar whom she described as a serial abuser. Uttar Pradesh Horror: Man Rapes Stepdaughter, Video Records Act in Firozabad; Arrested

“On Thursday evening (September 21), he beat me mercilessly as I had to go to my mother’s house. The next day, I heard that he had sold my six-year-old daughter Ayesha. I went to his place and asked the whereabouts of my daughter but he did not say anything,” Farida told reporters. A missing case was registered at the police station by Farida accusing her husband’s role in the matter. Bihar Horror: Mahadalit Woman Stripped, Assaulted and Urinated Upon in Patna’s Outskirts; Accused Absconding

Police subsequently arrested Laskar on September 23. Meanwhile on Sunday evening, locals found the body of a child in the Udharbond area near a drain. They informed the police and the body was identified as that of Ayesha's. The body was sent for post-mortem to the Silchar Medical College and Hospital. Farida Begom has demanded capital punishment for the accused. The police produced Laskat in the court and took him on a three-day remand. “We have been interrogating him. Further investigation is underway,” an officer said.

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