Woman strangles 4-year-old daughter to death after quarrel with husband in UP

A woman in India has been arrested and charged with strangling her four-year-old daughter to death after a dispute with her husband.

A woman was taken into custody on Friday for allegedly strangling her four-year-old daughter to death following a dispute with her husband here, police said.

Additional Superintendent of Police Ishan Soni said police received information late on Thursday night that Vinita, the wife of Rajkumar, had allegedly killed her daughter in the Akbarpur village under the limits of Aata police station.

A police team reached the spot, cordoned off the house and recovered the child's body from the house, he said, adding that the accused woman was taken into custody.

During questioning, the woman allegedly told police that she killed her daughter after a quarrel with her husband, the officer said.

Soni said the accused has confessed to the crime and has been booked under relevant sections of law and sent to jail.

The body of the child has been sent for post-mortem examination, he added.