Arunachal: Father Arrested For Attempting To Hang Daughter

ITANAGAR: A man from Itanagar's D Sector was detained on Tuesday for reportedly trying to hang his one-year-old daughter in a shocking act of domestic violence. This unsettling development was revealed after Kioda Yapi, the man's wife, accused her husband, Kioda Babu, 33, of continuous harassment and abuse for the previous two years in a written FIR filed on December 23 and the matter became public.

On September 13, Babu allegedly sent his wife a distressing video on WhatsApp. The FIR was filed when he appeared to be trying to hang their daughter by the neck in the video in a horrific act of domestic violence.

At a women's police station, a case has been filed in accordance with Sections 85 of the BNS Act and 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.

The complainant's statement was recorded under Section 180 of the BNSS Act, and SI Dopi Pakam was handed over the responsibility of looking into the matter.

Babu, who lived in the Doordarshan Office Area in the DSector, was taken into custody and brought before the Yupia judicial magistrate first-class. While additional investigations are conducted, he has been placed under judicial custody on remand.

The case has been taken on suo moto by the Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, which has requested a status report from the police.

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