Banda:

A man has been arrested for allegedly branding his 11-year-old daughter with hot tongs in Uttar Pradesh’s Lalitpur district, police said on Monday.

Parul Singh Chandel, Station House Officer (SHO) of Saujna police station, said the incident occurred in Baroun village, where the girl was playing with her peers at home on Saturday.

“During the play, some goats knocked over a bag containing vegetables. Enraged by this, the girl’s father, Ramswaroop alias Ramsu, used hot tongs from the stove to brand her on her palm and other parts of her body,” the SHO said.

“When the girl’s grandfather tried to intervene, he was also severely beaten,” she added.

Following a complaint filed by the girl’s grandfather, Lalanju, the police registered a case and arrested Ramswaroop. The girl was sent to a hospital for treatment, Parul Singh Chandel added.

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Bahraich:

A man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife, a village head, and slicing her ear with a sickle, police said on Wednesday.

Balram, who was arrested on a complaint from Shridevi has as many as 14 cases lodged against him, Superintendent of Police (SP) Ghanshyam Chaurasiya said.

“We have arrested Balram. The victim is the head of village Patkhauli,” he said and added that he has been booked by the Ikauna police for attempt to murder under section 109 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

In her complaint, Shridevi claimed that a fortnight ago, Balram hit her, inflicted injuries with a burning piece of plastic and locked her in a room.

On Tuesday, she alleged he attacked her with a sickle and cut her ear, police said.

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