Nizamabad, Feb. 2 -- Police in Nizamabad district have arrested a man from Maharashtra and a village sarpanch for allegedly murdering the man's minor daughter and staging the incident as an accidental drowning, after what was initially treated as a suspicious death case turned into a major criminal investigation, Nizamabad Police said.

According to Yedapally police, the girl's body was found floating in the Nizamsagar canal near Station limits a few days ago, after locals noticed it.

"Then we shifted the body to the Nizamabad mortuary and circulated photographs and details through the village groups to identify her. We identified the girl as Prachi from Kerur village in Mukhed mandal of Nanded district, Maharashtra. Her father, Kondaman...