MUMBAI: A couple was arrested for beating their five-year-old daughter to death in the name of black magic. The incident happened on Friday midnight in Nagpur. The child beaten during the puja died on the spot itself. The child’s father Siddharth Chimne (45), mother Ranjana (42) and aunt Priya Bansod (32) were arrested over the incident.

Chimne, a Subhash Nagar resident was running a local news channel on YouTube. He had gone to a dargah in Takalghat area along with his wife and two daughters - aged 5 and 16. After that, he suspected behavioural changes in his younger daughter. He believed she was under the influence of some evil forces and took her to perform black magic to drive them away. Police got the video shot.

The three were seen beating the child severely while performing black magic. She fell unconscious and collapsed on the ground. The child was taken to a dargah early morning and from there to the hospital. The three then ran away from there. A security guard at the hospital grew suspicious and captured a picture of their car on his mobile phone. The doctors at the hospital later declared the girl dead and alerted the police.