Accused Dhondiram Bhagwan Bhosale allegedly beat his 17-year-old daughter, Sadhana, with a wooden stick in a fit of rage over her poor test performance in the NEET test.
A 17-year-old girl from Sangli district in Maharashtra died after allegedly being brutally beaten by her father for underperforming in a medical National Eligibility cum Entrance Test exam. The accused, identified as Dhondiram Bhagwan Bhosale, a 50-year-old principal of a private educational institution, has been arrested and remanded to police custody.
According to police, the victim, Sadhana, a Class 12 student, was preparing for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and had recently performed poorly in a preparatory test. Her mother, Preeti Bhosale (41), lodged a police complaint alleging that Dhondiram , enraged over Sadhana’s low marks, attacked her with a wooden stick on Friday night. Police said the assault left Sadhana critically injured. The next morning, her mother rushed her to a hospital. As her condition worsened, she was referred to the district hospital, where she died during treatment.
Preeti told police that her daughter had scored 95 per cent in her Class 10 exams and aspired to become a doctor. The family’s hopes were pinned on her clearing NEET, and the alleged assault followed her disappointing marks in an initial test.
After performing her daughter’s last rites, Preeti approached the police and filed a formal complaint against her husband. Based on her statement, a case was filed against Dhondiram Bhosale under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015.
Following the incident, sub-divisional police officer Vipul Patil and police inspector Vinay Vahir visited the crime scene. Bhosale was arrested by Atpadi Police on Sunday and produced in court, which sent him to police custody till June 24.
