mumbai the 38yearold man from utan in bhayander who allegedly strangled his nineyear adopted daughter and buried her body in a drum filled with cement and threw it in the kasara ghat last month was found hanging from a tree in a nearby jungle on wednesdayprakash rathod 38 a real estate agent from bhayander was absconding after the crime came to light early this month his wife anita 30 and her nephew aakash 22 were arrested for the murder of bharti chavanthe body was partly decomposed indicating that prakash committed suicide few days back a case of accidental death was registered by utan coastal police a cellphone believed to be prakashs was recovered from the spot police will examine its records to know where he was hiding since his wife and nephew were arrested the body has been sent for autopsybharti was among the four children of heena chavan a resident of kannad in aurangabad in june heenas uncle prakash adopted bharti and brought her to utan heena had lost her husband last yearbharti was unable to adjust to city life not trained in using the western toilet she would pass urine and stools in her underpants the rathods who made her do household chores and never enrolled her in school would beat her up when she dirtied her clothes police saidon december 2 heena approached aurangabad police when she did not hear from the rathods she was directed to utan police and a missing case was filed on december 4