G. Priya (16), Plus One student of Government Girls’
Higher Secondary School in Krishnagiri, was allegedly beaten to death by
her father, Govindaraj (35), on Tuesday.
According
to police, the girl’s body was found hanging in her house in Eppalam
area near Shoolagiri on Tuesday. During inquiry, the girl’s father
Govindaraj confessed to the police that he had beaten her to death on
Tuesday.
Later, he hanged her from a rope to make it look like a case of suicide.
Case registered
Sources
said that the girl wanted to visit her grandparents for Pongal
festival, which was declined by Govindaraj. In a fit of rage, he had hit
Priya, in which she collapsed and died.
Police recovered the body and sent it to Government Taluk Hospital in Hosur for post Morten.
Shoolagiri police have registered a case.
Judicial custody
Govindaraj was arrested and remanded in judicial custody , sources said.
