A 60-year-old security guard was found murdered in a factory here after he allegedly molested the five-year-old girl of another factory employee, police said on Tuesday.
Police arrested 32-year-old Praveen Kumar, the girl's father, on charges of killing security guard Bijender Singh Chauhan.
Praveen Kumar, who hails from Rewari district of Haryana, was working in the same factory in Veer Nagar area of Gurgaon for the last four years. He lives in an accommodation inside the factory premises.
Security guard Chauhan, who lived in Surat Nagar colony, was found dead in the factory on Monday. He had been working there for two years.
Praveen Kumar told police that Chauhan molested his daughter a few days ago.
As a routine, the keys of the factory are left in Kumar's room after working hours and they were handed over to the guard when he came for night duty.
"Chauhan molested my daughter when she went to hand over the keys a few days back. He again passed obscene gestures and tried to molest her on Saturday," Praveen Kumar told police.
A police official told IANS that after the girl narrated the incident to her father, instead of complaining to police, he decided to kill the guard.
Praveen Kumar beat up Chauhan on Sunday night and then strangled him.
He was on Tuesday presented in a district court and sent to a day's police custody.
