New Delhi, Nov 23 (PTI) A woman allegedly strangled her five-year-old daughter to death in northwest Delhi to marry a man she met on Instagram, police said on Saturday.

The woman also told the police that she was staying with a relative in Himachal Pradesh before coming to Delhi where her children were sexually assaulted, they said.

Police received information from Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital on Friday that a child was brought dead.

Inquiries revealed strangulation marks on the child’s neck, they said.

A case was registered and the child’s relatives, including her mother, were questioned, Delhi Police said in a statement.

After sustained questioning, the mother broke down and revealed that she had strangled her daughter, the statement said.

The woman also revealed that her first husband abandoned her, after which she came in contact with a man who identified himself as Rahul on Instagram. Later, she moved to Delhi with the intention of marrying him, it said.

However, Rahul and his family did not accept the child and he refused to marry the woman. In frustration, the woman strangled the child.

A case has been registered under sections 103 (murder) and 65(2) (rape in certain cases) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 6 (gross penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act in Ashok. Vihar police station, they said.

Further investigations are underway, the police say. PTI ALK OZ OZ