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Mother Chops Off Newborn Girl’s Extra Fingers, Toes With A Sickle. Baby Dies

Darpan News Desk IANS, 30 Dec, 2018 01:36 AM

    A woman in a tribal village in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district allegedly chopped off the extra fingers and toes of her newborn child out of fear that the oddity would affect the infant's chances of getting married, police said Saturday.


    The girl, who was born on December 22 with six fingers each on both hands and six toes each on both feet, died due to the injuries, police said.


    After being alerted by media reports, the body of the child was exhumed on Saturday for further probe, an official said.


    "The child was born on December 22 to a woman identified as Tarabai in Sundardev village. The woman used a sickle to chop off the infant's extra fingers and toes. She later coated the injuries with cow dung. Within hours, the infant died and was buried in the village," the police officer added.

    "She feared that the child would not be able to get married in future because of these extra fingers and toes," police said, adding that superstitions about it could also have led the woman to commit the act.


    Superintendent of Police Ruchi Vardhan Mishra said a post mortem was conducted and the medical report was awaited following which further action would be taken.


    Block Medical Officer (BMO) Dr Shailendra Katariya said action had been initiated against the local medical staff overseeing formalities related to childbirth in the village.


    Police said that the woman had not been arrested as yet.

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