NEW DELHI, May 26 -- A 29-year-old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly killing his 10-month-old daughter and dumping her body in a septic tank outside his house in outer north Delhi's Mukundpur area, police said. Investigators said the man told them he was under severe financial stress, did not want the burden of raising a second daughter, and was struggling with the child's recurring illness and medical expenses.

Police said the accused initially tried to cover up the crime by reporting the infant as kidnapped.

Deputy commissioner of police (outer north) Hareshwar Swami identified the accused as Deepak Kumar, a school van driver employed at a private school in Model Town.

According to police, the child's body was recovered from a...