Bengaluru: A seven-year-old girl has been allegedly smothered to death by her stepfather at their residence here, police said on Saturday.

The incident occurred on Friday evening when the child's mother was away at work, they said.

According to police, on returning home, the woman found her daughter, Siri, dead and suspected her husband, Darshan, who has been absconding since the incident, to be behind the killing.

Based on her complaint, a case of murder has been registered against Darshan at Kumbalagudu police station, a senior police officer said, adding that preliminary investigation suggested that he allegedly smothered the girl to death. Read Also 'Every Single Word Of His Speech Was Negative, Defamatory For Bihar': RJD Leader Tejashwi Yadav...

However, a post-mortem report i

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