Eight-Year-Old Girl Allegedly Beheaded in Poonch, Father Detained

Jammu: An eight-year-old girl was allegedly beheaded  by her father in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Sunday. The alleged attack on the girl was a result of a  family feud.

"A minor girl Masarat Naz was found murdered late on Sunday evening outside her house in a remote Gharana village of tehsil Mendhar in Poonch district," Senior Superintendent of police Shamsher Hussain told PTI.

The beheaded body was seized, he said, adding, her father Zakir Hussain has been detained for his "suspected" involvement in the case.