In a shocking incident, a man strangled his two-year-old daughter and handed over the body to his elder daughter in a village here. The accused has been arrested after his wife, who works at a brick kiln at Baijnathpur, lodged a complaint with the police. The accused was thrashed by the local people before being handed over to the police.

According to the police reports, the accused Ramesh, an alcoholic, used to beat his wife Indu. She left him to stay with her father, who works at a brick kiln at Baijnathpur. She took her three children -- Kajal, 8, Prince, 5, and Shreya, 2, -- and was working at the brick kiln.