Porn-addicted man kills his 12-year-old daughter for resisting rape attempt

Police in Telangana, India have arrested a porn addict, who brutally murdered his 12-year-old daughter, Vasantha, after she resisted his attempt to rape her. 

The accused identified as Banothu Naresh,35, of Nadigadda Thanda in Miyapur locality on Hyderabad outskirts, was arrested on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. 

Naresh had attempted to mislead the police by lodging a false complaint of his daughter missing on June 7, 2024. 

Subsequently, the body of an unidentified girl was found in a forest area. 

The police summoned Naresh and his wife, who identified the body, which was subsequently shifted to Gandhi’s hospital mortuary on June 14. 

Later, the body was handed over to the family for last rites. 

It was at this stage, the Miyapur police intensified their investigations into the missing case that got turned into a kidnap-cum-murder.

During the investigation, police found that Naresh had gone to the forest area along with his daughter on a motorbike, but had returned alone. 

“On suspicion, he was interrogated and Naresh admitted to killing his daughter. The man is addicted to watching porn and wanted to have sex with his daughter,” said Inspector V Durga Rama Linga Prasad, who led the investigation team.

Investigators found that Naresh took his daughter to an isolated place on June 7 on the pretext of collecting firewood. 

On reaching the forest area beyond Nadigadda Thanda, he forced her to surrender herself and satiate him. 

“When the girl protested and tried to escape, he hit her in the face and she fell unconscious. Later he throttled her and then threw a boulder just to ensure that she was dead,” the police officer disclosed.

In a bid to mislead the police, he had lodged a missing complaint about his daughter and a kidnap case was registered. 

Later on June 13, the body of a girl was found in the forest area. 

The arrested man hails from Mahabubabad district and had migrated to the city early in June and was working as a delivery boy in a grocery delivery company. He was staying at Nadigadda Thanda in Miyapur.
 

The police again altered the Sections of the case to 302,201,376 r/w 511 IPC and 5, 6 r/w 18 of the POCSO Act. 

He was remanded in judicial custody.