Meerut, Nov. 5 -- A 17-year-old girl was brutally beaten to death by her father in Shahjahanpur district on Tuesday morning after he caught her talking to her lover on phone and noticed his name written in mehndi on her hand.

The accused fled the spot after confessing to his daughter-in-law that he had killed his own child.

The incident took place around 11am in Sootnera village under the jurisdiction of Roza police station. The accused lived here with his son and daughter-in-law, and teenage daughter. In the morning of the incident, his son had gone out to work, while the daughter-in-law was washing clothes outside the house. His daughter was alone inside, speaking to her alleged lover on the phone.

According to police, the accused en...