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Sangli Father Arrested After 9-Year-Old Dies From Alleged Overnight Hanging

Investigators are seeking custody under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita following a hospital alert.

Overview

  • Police say the farmer father in Banpuri bound his daughters and hung them upside down on Wednesday evening inside a tin‑shed home.
  • By Thursday morning the girls were found unconscious, the younger child was declared dead at the hospital, and the elder was admitted and later reported stable.
  • Sub-divisional police officer Vipul Patil said the accused was booked under sections 103 and 109 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, India’s new penal code for murder and attempted murder.
  • Officers said a theft complaint against the girls triggered the alleged punishment, and relatives did not intervene after threats with a sickle.
  • Doctors alerted Atpadi police, who registered an FIR, sent the body for postmortem, and moved to obtain the father’s custody as the investigation continues.