SIDDIPET: In a tragic incident in Baddipadaga village of Nangunur Mandal on Saturday, a mentally disabled man drowned his three-year-old niece in muddy water, resulting in her death. Upon spotting Shirisha, 3, playing in the farm, Srinu approached her, causing Shirisha to flee in fear, police said. However, he caught Shirisha and submerged her in the muddy water of the field. Upon hearing their daughter’s screams, Shirisha’s parents rushed to the scene and pulled her out of the muddy water, but it was too late as she had already succumbed to suffocation. Acting on the villagers’ complaint, the Raj Gopal Peta police registered a case and arrested Srinu.

Source: Indian Express February 25, 2024 17:21 UTC