Shame! 6-year-old girl couldn't recite alphabets, angry father thrusts onion in her throat as punishment; she died

New Delhi: It's a gruesome and shameful act by a father to her 6-year-old daughter.

A 30-year-old man was arrested by police for thrashing and choking his daughter to death with an onion.

The incident was reported from Aurangabad district of Maharashtra.

Her only fault was that she could not couldn't recite alphabets.

Here's what really happened

The incident happened on Saturday night when the accused - Sanjay Kute - was going through his six-year old daughter Bharati's homework.

At one point when she couldn't recite her alphabets, an enraged Kute thrashed her and then forced her to swallow an onion as punishment.

The girl choked on the onion and was unable to breathe, and a short while later suffocated to death, while her horrified mother and two-year old brother looked on, Rathore said.

Father tried to dump the daughter's body

Later, Kute attempted to hide his crime by taking Bharati's body to a nearby place and quietly dumping it.  

The weeping mother later contacted her relatives and after detailed deliberations they decided to lodge a police complaint against Kute.

The child's body has been recovered and the remains sent for an autopsy.