Murshidabad, West Bengal, March 25, 2012
A 25-year old woman, Rupali Bibi was burnt to death by her husband and in-laws, for giving birth to two baby girls consecutively, at Khargram in Murshidabad district of West Bengal on Sunday. Report here
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Burhanpur district, Madhya Pradesh, October 08, 2011
At a time when Madhya Pradesh government has been observing ‘Beti Bachao Abhiyan’ (The Campaign To Save The Girl Child) since October 5 …in a shocking event, a newborn girl child was found buried alive under the ground in village Borhada of Burhanpur district on Thursday. The Shikarpura police told the reporters that the baby girl has been recovered and is presently under medical observation. Read the report here
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Howrah, 07 March 2008
Seema Sai confessed to drowning her two daughters, aged 4 years and 9 months, in a Belur Math reservoir, apparently driven by “regular taunts” at her in-laws’ house for giving birth to girls. Two days after the bodies of the two girls were fished out from the pond, the 24-year-old home-maker told police that she was subjected to “mental torture” by her husband and in-laws. Read the report here
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Nasik, Maharashtra, October 03, 2011
Vaishali Kiran Ahire, a resident of Nandgaon district, in Maharashtra, was upset about giving birth to a second girl child 40 days ago. While visiting her parents, she crushed the baby’s head with a grinding stone, two dacoits had broken into the house had done it. Read report here
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