<p>A 23-year-old man allegedly killed his five-year-old daughter suspecting his wife of infidelity in Gujarat's Anand district, police said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The Anklav taluka police on Wednesday arrested Shailesh Padhiyar, a farmer, for strangling his daughter at a field near his house in Mujkuva village, sub-inspector P K Sodha said.</p>.<p>Investigations have revealed that the accused quarrelled with his wife frequently and suspected that his daughter was born out of an extramarital affair, he said.</p>.<p>"On January 26, Padhiyar approached the police claiming that someone had killed his daughter by strangling her," the official said.</p>.<p>The police found something amiss and on interrogation, the accused broke down and admitted to the crime, he said.</p>.<p>Padhiyar took the child to a field and strangled her, following which he returned home and started looking for her, before approaching the police, the official added.</p>
<p>A 23-year-old man allegedly killed his five-year-old daughter suspecting his wife of infidelity in Gujarat's Anand district, police said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The Anklav taluka police on Wednesday arrested Shailesh Padhiyar, a farmer, for strangling his daughter at a field near his house in Mujkuva village, sub-inspector P K Sodha said.</p>.<p>Investigations have revealed that the accused quarrelled with his wife frequently and suspected that his daughter was born out of an extramarital affair, he said.</p>.<p>"On January 26, Padhiyar approached the police claiming that someone had killed his daughter by strangling her," the official said.</p>.<p>The police found something amiss and on interrogation, the accused broke down and admitted to the crime, he said.</p>.<p>Padhiyar took the child to a field and strangled her, following which he returned home and started looking for her, before approaching the police, the official added.</p>