Police in Chesikaki, Bungoma County, have commenced investigations into an incident where a father is reported to have beaten his daughter to death.

According to the area chief, Maurice Otala, the 41-year-old man allegedly meted the corporal punishment on his daughter, who had gone missing from home.

Otala, while addressing a press conference on Friday, January 10, revealed that upon receiving the information, he quickly informed the Chesikaki Officer Commanding Sation (OCS), who arrived at the scene alongside a team of detectives.

A police report revealed that the father reportedly committed the heinous act on the night of Thursday, January 9, moments after the daughter returned home.