BHOPAL: In yet another incident of girl child killing, a 25-day-old was poisoned and thrown into a river in ravine ravaged Morena district. The incident took place in Jaderua village, some 20 km from Morena district headquarters.
The sex ratio in Morena, according to the latest Census, stood abysmally low at 839 per 1,000 male compared to 2001 census figure of 822. The average national sex ratio in India is 940 as per latest reports of Census while in the neighbouring Bhind it is 838 per 1000. Both the regions are notorious for girl foeticide.
Lalo Gujar, wife of Rajbeer, alleged that her daughter was poisoned by her husband and his first wife Munesh. She told police that her daughter was 25-day-old on May 12 when her husband killed her and threw her into river Asan, a tributary of Chambal River. She said she has one son from Rajbeer, but he was angry after she gave birth to a girl.
Rajbeer, however, refuted the charges and said the newborn was week and died on the way to home five days after the birth.
Police said before marrying Lalo about two-and-half-years back, he was married to Munesh in 1992. She also gave birth to a daughter. Depressed over the birth of a girl child, he got married to Lalo a few years later, Munna Singh, brother of Rajbeer told the police.
Investigating officer Suresh Singh Tomar told TOI cases under the Section 302 (murder) 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the IPC have been registered against Rajbeer and Munesh.
Lalo alleged that after killing her daughter, Rajbeer had beaten her black and blue and did not allow her to step out. However, today, she managed to reach her parents place in Noorabad to attend the 13th ceremony of her grandfather's death where she narrated the incident to her father. Consequently, her father took her to police station and lodged a complaint.Link: Newborn girl poisoned, thrown into river in Morena district
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