Hyderabad: Three year old Sunitha killed by her father Advaiah, a labourer who picked quarrel with is his wife in a drunken condition in Miyapur on Thursday night. According to the police sources the Sunitha died after her father Advaiah hit on her head with a stick. Advaiah was taken into custody by police and registered a case under section 302 (murder) of the IPC.

Advaiah came to the house drunk and soon entered into a heated argument with his mother. When his wife Durgamma intervened, he admonished her. Advaiah and Durgamma had three childrens; she took one year old Nandini and Sunitha, and left for her mother’s residence, which is close by.

Advaiah followed them and tried to pull his wife by force. When she refused to accompany him, he tried to take away Sunitha, who resisted his attempts. Anger over this, he hit her with a stick on her head. Sunitha fell unconscious and was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared her brought dead.