A panchayat dream and a daughter’s murder
- Posted on February 7, 2026
- By The Hindu
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A panchayat dream and a daughter’s murder

A girl’s body was found in the Nizam Sagar distributary canal in Telangana’s Nizamabad; police say girl’s father killed her, his firstborn, so that his wife could contest panchayat election; Under Maharashtra’s rules, candidates with more than two children cannot contest local elections and the couple had three.