A seven-year-old girl was found dead with her throat slit at her home in the Swaroop Nagar area of outer north Delhi, police said on Monday. Police said the incident came to light on Saturday evening when a patrolling team noticed a crowd gathered outside the house. Upon enquiry, a head constable from the patrolling team found the girl lying unconscious in a pool of blood inside the house. He immediately alerted the local police station and his seniors. More teams were rushed to the spot and an investigation was launched, police said. CCTV footage from the vicinity of the house showed the girl's father, Prem Singh (32), and his acquaintance Ranjit leaving the area around the time of the incident. Efforts are being made to nab them, a senior officer said. Singh is a native of Patna, Bihar, and works as a daily wage labourer. His wife, Muskan (32) is employed at a factory in Delhi's Libaspur. The couple have another daughter, aged nine, the officer said. The crime scene was examined by forensics and crime teams, and the child's body was sent to BJRM Hospital in Jahangirpuri for post-mortem, the officer said. A similar incident was reported in Pune as well few days ago, a 38-year-old techie in Pune suspected that his wife was in an extra-marital relationship. The price of that suspicion was paid by their three-and-a-half-year-old son whose throat was slit and body thrown in a forested area. The incident took place in Pune's Chandan Nagar area where the father was later found drunk in a lodge.
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Himmat Madhav Tiketi was the only son of Madhav Tiketi and his wife, Swaroopa. The family originally hails from Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam. According to the police, Madhav suspected Swaroopa of infidelity. On Thursday afternoon a quarrel erupted between the couple. Enraged and clouded by suspicion, Madhav left the house, taking his young son with him. He spent the early part of the day sitting in a bar before leaving around 12:30 PM. From there, he proceeded to a supermarket and later ventured into a forested area near Chandan Nagar.
As hours passed without any contact, Swaroopa grew anxious. Late at night, she approached the Chandan Nagar police station to report that her husband and son were missing. The police scanned CCTV footage which revealed crucial details. Madhav was last seen with his son at 2:30 PM on Thursday, but subsequent footage at 5:00 PM showed him alone, purchasing clothes. Tracking Madhav's mobile phone location, police managed to hone in on him in a lodge where he appeared to be drunk. After regaining consciousness, Madhav confessed to his son's murder. The police located the crime scene in a forest nearby, where they found the boy's body with his throat slit. The child's body was sent to a hospital for a post-mortem examination and further investigations are underway, police said.