The Dahanu police have arrested a 35-year-old woman for allegedly killing her newborn daughter a week after delivery. Police said the woman was upset that her fourth child was again a girl, as she had been hoping for a boy. 

Police have identified the accused woman as Poonam Saha, a resident of West Bengal. Police said the incident took place on April 26. The accused had been staying with her mother in Dahanu for the past three months during her pregnancy.