A 21-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly killing her four-day-old daughter, whose body was found in a water-filled blue drum in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district, police said on Friday, describing the incident as a case of infanticide.
Police said all aspects are being examined. (X)
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According to police, the child, named Prisha, was the second daughter of Sonu Patel, the accused, and Pankaj Patel, a farmer in Bhelki village, the fourth in the family with his elder brother having two daughters. Police cited the villagers as saying that the family members were not happy after the birth of the baby girl. “Given the circumstances, we are suspecting it to be a case of infanticide. When interrogated, the mother confessed that she did not want the girl child,” Churhat police station in-charge Rita Tripathi said.
“The infant was born on July 26 at the Community Health Center in Churhat and discharged with her mother on July 28. Her body was discovered in the water-filled drum under suspicious circumstances on Thursday,” Tripathi said, adding that the post-mortem confirmed drowning as the cause of death.
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“The infant was born on July 26 at the Community Health Center in Churhat and discharged with her mother on July 28. Her body was discovered in the water-filled drum under suspicious circumstances on Thursday,” Tripathi said, adding that the post-mortem confirmed drowning as the cause of death.
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A case under section 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has been registered and police have arrested the woman, Tripathi said.
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