An Indian father murdered his daughter's alleged rapist and confessed to police after the crime. The 36-year-old man, Vinod Kumar, invited the 45-year-old rapist to his home in Delhi's Khajuri Khas area Friday, served him dinner and killed him, police told CNN on Tuesday.
The Indian father was told by his 14-year-old daughter that the man had raped her, but instead of reporting the harassment to police, he invited the medical supplier who lived in the same neighborhood of New Delhi to dinner.
According to Deputy Police Commissioner R.A. Sanjiv, Kumar even served the sex offender food and drug-laced soft drinks before gagging the 45-year-old with a bed sheet, tortured, then strangled him.
Kumar turned himself into New Delhi's police the following day. He later revealed that he burned the other man's genitals with hot tongs before the strangulation.
It appeared that the Inidan father had already planned the torture and murder of his daughter's rapist for two months, ever since his 14-year-old daughter told him she was raped, according to Elite Daily.
Kumar revealed to police the motive for his crime when he confessed. He added that he didn't report the sexual abuse at the time since he feared it would tarnish his family's honor and that his community would blame his daughter for her rape.
Charged with murder, Kumar is now in police custody awaiting trial. The next legal step would be for police to file a charge sheet in court with evidence supporting their case. Apparently, confessions to police are not admissible in the court.
"Based on his statement, we sent a team to the spot and recovered the body. It has been sent for a post-mortem examination and his family has been informed. A case of murder has been registered and the 36-year-old man was arrested," according to a police spokesperson.
On Tuesday, Kumar or a lawyer representing him could not be immediately reached for comment, reports CNN.
The autopsy of the alleged rapist is still awaited by police. Kumar, the Indian father who put justice into his own hands, is married with four daughters and two sons. Meanwhile, the dead rapist had a wife, a son and two married daughters.
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