Father Throws 18-Month-Old Child On Ground, Strangles Her To Death For Crying

In a horrific incident, a toddler in India was strangled to death by her father for crying continuously.

The incident took place Saturday in the state of Jharkhand. The one and a half-year-old girl's father was angry because his daughter would not stop crying, local media reports said. The accused, identified as 40-year-old Gautam, then threw the child on the ground and strangled her to death.

The child's mother was at the scene when the incident took place. Seeing her baby being strangled, she began shouting due to which the neighbors gathered at the residence. People then caught Gautam and beat him up. The police was later called to the scene and the accused was taken into custody, India TV news reported.

The police told local media the accused was a habitual drinker, who had been previously admitted to a rehabilitation center. However, despite several efforts, he did not give up drinking.

"My husband loved both our children. I cannot explain the reason why he took such a step," Babita, the wife of the accused, told police.

The baby's body was sent for an autopsy. The charges filed against the father of the baby has not been revealed.

Earlier this month in Malaysia, a father stabbed his 18-month-old baby in the stomach in a fit of rage. The 27-year-old man was arrested after police responded to the scene and found the injured baby. They also seized a bread knife believed to be the weapon used to stab the child.

"Our personnel at Bukit Puchong police station received a distress call that a man ran amok and stabbed his daughter in the stomach at a flat at Puchong Permai," senior police officer Abd Othman told the Star News at the time. "The complainant also called for an ambulance from the Serdang Hospital to attend to the toddler's injuries."

Othman said, "The one-year-and-six-month-old toddler is in stable condition and receiving treatment at the Serdang Hospital." Drug tests were conducted on the accused to see if he was intoxicated at the time of the incident.