Two baby girls have been killed in West Bengal by their fathers because they wanted sons.
A two-and-a-half-month-old girl was reported to have drowned by her father at Sabang in West Midnapore district while a man killed his newborn daughter in Howrah district adjoining Kolkata.
In the first incident, 26-year-old Mantu Sahu of West Midnapore's Churkha village, about 200 km from here, was so unhappy with the birth of a daughter that he drowned the girl in a pond.
After being administered a polio vaccination, the girl was brought home by Mantu, a farmer, and his wife Annapurna on Sunday. Annapurna was engaged in household work with her mother-in-law and the girl was with Mantu when he drowned the baby.
In the second incident at Jagatballavpur in Howrah district, a man named Laltu strangled his daughter, who was not even a month old. Laltu's wife had left the child in his care to prepare a meal when the 21-year-old man committed the crime on Monday night.
A two-and-a-half-month-old girl was reported to have drowned by her father at Sabang in West Midnapore district while a man killed his newborn daughter in Howrah district adjoining Kolkata.
In the first incident, 26-year-old Mantu Sahu of West Midnapore's Churkha village, about 200 km from here, was so unhappy with the birth of a daughter that he drowned the girl in a pond.
After being administered a polio vaccination, the girl was brought home by Mantu, a farmer, and his wife Annapurna on Sunday. Annapurna was engaged in household work with her mother-in-law and the girl was with Mantu when he drowned the baby.
In the second incident at Jagatballavpur in Howrah district, a man named Laltu strangled his daughter, who was not even a month old. Laltu's wife had left the child in his care to prepare a meal when the 21-year-old man committed the crime on Monday night.
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