Jharkhand: Man kills wife, buries body; also strangles 12-year-old daughter

He also strangled his 12-year-old daughter, police said.SP Anudeep Singh said a police team rushed to the village after receiving information about the incident and recovered the girls body from the courtyard of the house.Following the recovery of the childs body, the man allegedly informed police that his wife was missing, prompting the formation of a Special Investigation Team SIT to trace her, the SP said.The SIT questioned local villagers as well as the accused.

A man allegedly bludgeoned his wife to death with a stone and strangled his daughter in Jharkhand's Pakur district, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place on Wednesday night in the Maheshpur police station area, they said.

The man allegedly bludgeoned his 40-year-old wife to death with a stone, suspecting her of having an illicit relationship. He also strangled his 12-year-old daughter, police said.

SP Anudeep Singh said a police team rushed to the village after receiving information about the incident and recovered the girl's body from the courtyard of the house.

Following the recovery of the child's body, the man allegedly informed police that his wife was missing, prompting the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to trace her, the SP said.

The SIT questioned local villagers as well as the accused. During interrogation, the man confessed to killing his wife and burying the body, police said.

The body was later exhumed in the presence of a magistrate, they said.

Police also recovered the shovel allegedly used to dig the grave, soil samples from the burial spot and a blood-stained 'gamcha'.

Preliminary investigation suggests suspicion over an alleged illicit relationship led to the killings, police said.