India, March 15 -- A man allegedly killed his four-year-old daughter by throwing her into the river over a marital strife with his wife in Nadia in West Bengal on Friday evening, police said.

The man identified as Buddhadeb Ghosh has been arrested.

"It is a very unfortunate incident. We have arrested the accused. A case has been registered. The child's body was recovered and sent for autopsy," Uttam Ghosh, additional superintendent of police of Krishnanagar police district, told media persons.

People familiar with the matter said that the couple - Buddhadeb Ghosh and Barsha Ghosh - got married five years ago and had a girl child. The relation between the two was, however, strained. Local residents said that the man threw his daughter f...