Father kills infant daughter with nicotine

Updated on: 10 April,2012 02:40 PM IST |
Agencies |

In another instance of desperation for a son, a father has been arrested in Gwalior for killing his two-day-old daughter by feeding her nicotine, police said.

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Narendra Rana, 40, was arrested Monday from his residence at Murar in Gwalior, about 400 km from here, six months after he killed his daughter, an official said.u00a0

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Rana's wife Anita had delivered a girl child Oct 17 last year at a private hospital. The infant was found dead two days later.u00a0

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The post-mortem report, handed to police only last month, revealed that the baby had died due to the consumption of nicotine.u00a0

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According to Suryakant Awasthi, in-charge of Murar police station, Anita had said Rana was depressed with the birth of a baby girl.u00a0

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He had entered the ward the day their daughter was found dead. Rana confessed to his crime during interrogation.

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The incident comes to light just a day after police highlighted the case of a three-month-old baby girl who was battered and bitten by her father in Bangalore because he wanted a son.

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