BENGALURU: HAL police have arrested a 29-year-old civil contractor for allegedly harassing his wife for giving birth to two girls and attempting to murder his elder daughter, 5, at Reddypalya near HAL, recently.
The accused, Venkateshwara Rao, is from Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh. Police said Rao married a Bengaluru woman in 2016 and the couple's first daughter was born in 2017. Rao and and his parents were allegedly unhappy about this and demanded a boy from her. A few weeks ago, the woman gave birth to a another girl and had been staying with her parents in Reddypalya.
Rao came to Bengaluru and expressed his unhappiness over having only daughters. This led to an argument between the couple. Rao allegedly rushed to his first daughter and tried strangling her to death.
The girl's mother approached HAL police and filed a case against Rao. Police registered a case under various sections of IPC, dowry prohibition act and juvenile justice (care and protection of children) act. Rao has been remanded him in judicial custody. tnn
