MAN THROWS BABY INTO FIRE AS MOTHER RESISTS ASSAULT ATTEMPT

A man allegedly threw a three-month-old baby into a fire in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district on Sunday after her mother protested against his sexual advances, police said.

The baby received severe burn injuries in her legs and she is being treated at the Sadar Hospital, they said. The incident took place when the woman was sitting near a bonfire, police said. The man tried to sexually harass her and she protested, they said. The man then threw the baby into fire. An FIR has been lodged, they said.