Mother Tries to Throw New Born Girl Off a Train

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Aug 09, 2012

Where girl babies are disposed off in numerous ways after birth, a young woman identified only as Chitra, was stopped by passengers as she tried to throw her new-born infant girl off the moving train, wrapped in a plastic bag.  Report here.

Indian Parents Are Plotting Their Daughters Murders More Carefully

Jaisalmer, June 18, 2012

According to the local medical authorities, members of some communities, infamous for killing baby girls, have now found a new way to make the deaths look ‘natural’. The baby girls are either not fed enough or deliberately not given medical treatment for illnesses. The authorities came across three such cases in Tejmalta and Mandi villages of the district during the last 10 days. On Friday, Dileep Singh was arrested after his daughter, who was born on June 13, died in the absence of proper treatment. Keku Kanwar delivered a healthy baby at Tejmalta on June 8 but was brought to the Jhinjhinyali primary health centre in serious condition the next day. The baby did not survive. On the same day, the death of yet another baby girl was reported, following which the entire family is missing.

District collector Shuchi Tyagi accepted the fact that some people are deliberately resorting to inhuman methods in order to save themselves from the law. Tyagi said it is a planned conspiracy and of the three recent cases, the newborns were buried in the backyard of the house. They also use chemical or salt so that body gets destroyed quickly.  Full report here

Woman Sets Herself and her 3-year-old Daughter on Fire After Dowry Harassment

Amritsar, April 07, 2012

For many women in India giving birth to a daughter is a nightmare, because their husbands and in-laws start torturing them.  In many cases women are killed for giving birth to daughters [See News reports here]

To avoid this kind of violence, women often kill their own daughters after giving birth to them [See News reports here]

However, Jagroop Kaur of Amristar, unable to bear the abuse over more dowry demands from her husband, set fire to herself and her 3-year-old daughter, killing both.  No arrests have been made. Report here.

Mother Drowns Her Two Daughters

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 

Mother Kills 1-Day-Old Baby In The Hospital

Delhi, Feb 08, 2006

Pammi, a 25-year-old from Bihar’s Nalanda district, who has two young sons and had a complicated pregnancy.  A day after giving birth to a girl, Pammi strangled the baby as she slept next to her on the hospital bed.

Pammi who initially said the child died a natural death,  later confessed and said: “I made a mistake. But I did not want a girl child. It’s considered a bad omen back in our village in Bihar. So I killed her.” Read the report here

Murdered Baby Girl Thrown Off A Bridge

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, April 07, 2011

The body of a four-month-old baby girl that was thrown off the Chankyapuri bridge, from a moving vehicle, on March 28 has revealed a sordid tale of murder. Medicos who conducted the postmortem told the police that the little girl had been strangled to death before being dumped from the bridge onto the railway tracks. Read the report here

Mother Crushes Baby Daughter’s Head

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

One-Day-Old Baby Girl Strangled By Mother

February 08, 2006

A women who strangled her one-day-old daughter to death while still in hospital and insisted for four days that she had died a natural death, confessed to her crime today. Pammi, a 25-year-old from Bihar’s Nalanda district, said,“I did not want a girl child. It’s considered a bad omen back in our village in Bihar. So I killed her.” Read the full report