West Bengal: Man allegedly kills his 10-year-old daughter

Berhampore: A man and his aide were arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing his 10-year-old daughter when she protested his attempts to sell her at Jalangi in Murshidabad district.

"Bablu Ghosh and his aide were arrested for strangulating his daughter Rinki Ghosh. Rinki was a student of class-III. Local villagers informed the police on Sunday morning after finding the body on the side of a pond at Chak Chaitanghoshpara village," Superintendent of Police Humayun Kabir said.

The girl was killed on Saturday night when she protested her father's plans to sell her to a girl trafficker, he said.