New Delhi, March 7 A man accused of killing his 10-year-old daughter in Jammu, based on the suspicion that she was not his biological child, was apprehended in southeast Delhi, police said on Saturday.
The accused, Ramesh Kumar, originally from Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh, was wanted in connection with a 2016 murder case registered at the Gandhi Nagar Police Station in Jammu, they said.
Following his detention, the accused was handed over to the investigating officer from the Jammu and Kashmir Police, who formally arrested him in the case.
According to police, Kumar was working as a construction labourer in Jammu when he allegedly hit his daughter on the head with a stick, suspecting that she was not his biological child, a senior police officer said.
The girl later succumbed to her injuries during treatment, the officer said.
According to the police, after committing the crime, the accused fled Jammu and remained at large for several years. He later started living under the false name "Rajveer" in Delhi.
The arrest came after a request from the Jammu and Kashmir Police to trace the accused in the decade-old case, they said.
Acting on information regarding his stay in the Sanjay Colony area of Bhati Mines, the Delhi Police apprehended him, officials said.