Wanting a daughter, Father of 2 sons kills 3rd newborn male
The incident occurred in village Bajrawada in Madhya Pradesh's Betul district, which has a significant percentage of tribal population. Police arrested the accused Anil on Monday.
The incident occurred in village Bajrawada in Madhya Pradesh's Betul district, which has a significant percentage of tribal population. Police arrested the accused Anil on Monday.
Despite government initiatives to protect the girl child, the newborn daughters are still left to bear the brunt of utter negligence even by their mothers, which was evident at East Burdwan and Bankura in the last three days.
In a tweet, PM Modi said, “On National Girl Child Day, we salute our #DeshKiBeti and the accomplishments in various fields."
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In such a cataclysmic situation, many distraught families in a state of utter helplessness, are likely to marry off their minor daughters, the 'perceived burden', just as a 'survival mechanism', as 'poverty is a known driver of child marriages'. For many families, it may be a way of reducing the number of children to support or paying a lesser amount of dowry and doing it during the period of containment, is a means to make the affair less expensive and concealed.
The three-month data of Dunda, Bhatwari and Naugoan blocks states that in 133 villages, 216 births took place and none of the newborns was a girl child.
She said in a country like India where girls are worshipped as Devi, the girls feel insecure, which is the most unfortunate thing for all of us.
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