UPSET WITH WIFE, MAN SMASHES 3 DAUGHTERS' HEADS WITH A HAMMER, SETS THEM ON FIRE

A man murdered his three daughters by hitting them on their heads with a hammer and setting them afire in Uttar Pradesh's Lalitpur district.

The man, identified as Chedamilal alias Chiddu Kushwaha, committed the crime because he was upset over his wife’s stay at her parents’ place, said police.

Police said Kushwaha had confessed to his crime. Superintendent of police, Lalitpur, OP Singh said, “He kept telling us that as he has killed the girls...A case of murder has been registered against him on the complaint of village guard Ram Ratan and Kushwaha has been sent to jail,” Singh said.

The SP said Kushwaha’s wife, along with her two other daughters, had left for her parents’ house in Balari village of Datia district in Madhya Pradesh a day before Diwali after he assaulted her under the influence of liquor.

“He tried to bring his wife back but his efforts further complicated the situation as he picked up a fight with her cousins, who forcibly sent him back to his village two days ago. Feeling insulted, the man killed his daughters to make sure his wife returns,” said Singh.