Indian man accused of slashing pregnant wife’s stomach to check baby’s gender
- A man in Uttar Pradesh state attacked his wife, with whom he already had five daughters, with a sickle, leaving her in critical condition
- Police said the baby boy was stillborn and that the man had been remanded into custody
A man has been arrested in northern India after slashing his pregnant wife’s stomach with a sickle, leaving her critically ill and causing the death of their unborn baby boy, police and her relatives said.
The woman was in intensive care in a hospital in the capital, New Delhi, said police in Budaun, Uttar Pradesh state, following Saturday’s attack.
Her brother said the attack took place because the husband wanted to know the baby’s gender. The couple already had five daughters.
“He attacked her with a sickle and ripped her stomach saying that he wanted to check the gender of the unborn child,” said the woman’s brother, Golu Singh.
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Police said the baby was stillborn late on Sunday and a man had been remanded into custody.
According to a government survey released in July, India’s gender ratio, or the number of females per 1,000 males, was 896 from 2015 to 2017, down from 898 in the 2014-2016 period and 900 in the 2013-2015 period.
Indian law bans doctors and health workers from sharing an unborn child’s sex with the parents, or carrying out tests to determine the child’s gender, and only registered medical practitioners are allowed to perform abortions.
