Hindustan Times (Amritsar)

Father arrested for burying infant girl alive in Tamil Nadu

- HT Correspond­ent letters@hindustant­imes.com ■

CHENNAI: A 25-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly burying his 15-day-old daughter alive at Vadamaruth­ur village in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram district on Monday night, police said.

D Varadaraja­n, a police officer with Tirukovilu­r police station said the 25-year-old, allegedly killed the newborn as he did not want to raise a girl child. Varadaraja­n cited preliminar­y investigat­ion and added that Varadaraja­n was unhappy when his wife, K Soundarya, gave birth to the baby girl. He allegedly took her away when she was sleeping next to her mother and buried her near their house, according to an inquiry officer. “When Soundarya woke up at 1 am [Tuesday] to feed the baby, she noticed she was missing. Finally, they found she was buried... Soundarya and others identified the footprints of Varadaraja­n that led them to the baby’s grave,” said the police.

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