Man booked for beating 5-year-old daughter, branding her with cigarette

Mumbai:The Mumbai police have filed a case against a man for brutally beating his five-year-old daughter and branding her with a burning cigarette, an official said on Tuesday.

The complainant in the case said his wife sent him a video in which accused Rajeshram alias Bhagwan was seen brutalising his minor daughter Sanjana. He was seen tying something on his daughter, beating her and branding her cheeks with a cigarette, the official of Mankhurd police station said.

The complainant rushed to the police and showed the video to the police. A woman police officer accompanied the complainant to Rajeshram's house and began investigating the case.

When the police took the minor girl into confidence, she told them that her father beat her up as she was not sleeping.

An FIR was registered against the accused and the process of initiating a legal action against him was underway, the official said.