Woman strangulated for giving birth to girl child

October 01, 2012 18:28

A 27-year-old woman from Maharashtra's Beed district, infamous for its high incidence of female foeticide, was allegedly strangulated to death by her in-laws for giving birth to a girl for the third time, the police said today.

The incident took place last night around 11 pm in Malikpura area of Parli tehsil following a quarrel among them, they said.

The victim, Shaikh Taslima, mother of two girls and a boy delivered the baby last month after which she was allegedly tortured by her husband Shaikh Navab and family, according to a police complaint filed by her brother Shaikh Shaukat.

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