Jamshedpur: The body of a 13-year-old teenage girl, killed allegedly by her father two months ago in Seraikela-Kharswan district of Jharkhand, has been exhumed after the incident came to light, the police said today.
The accused father, who had buried the body in the premises of his house and plastered the ground, was arrested from Islamnagar under Kapali police station area.
The body of Muskan Parveen was exhumed in presence of a magistrate yesterday after the girl’s mother lodged a complaint with the police against the accused, Jaffar Hussain.
Hussain claimed during interrogation that he killed the girl as he could not control her, police said.
The incident occurred two months ago when Muskan’s mother Shaheen was seriously ill and bed ridden, police said.
Teenage girl killed by dad, body exhumed after 2 months from home:
He buried the body at the back of the house and plastered the ground above, the police said adding that construction work was going on in the house at that time.
Hussain told his wife that he had dropped her to a relative’s place so that she could continue her studies.
After Shaheen recovered and demanded persistently that Muskan be brought back from the relative’s place, Hussain got angry and threatened her that he would send her to the place where he had send her daughter.
Shaheen suspected foul play and informed the police.
The body has been sent for post-mortem examination, police said.
