Tragic news: Newborn baby girl found buried alive in India

A newborn baby girl who was found horrifically buried alive in an Indian forest has died of her injuries.

The baby was just one day old when she was  found wrapped in a cloth and half buried under earth and gravel last week, in  Mandleshwar forest, outside the city of Indore in the central state of Madhya  Pradesh.

She was rushed to a local government hospital  with heavy bleeding from her nose and mouth but tragically died the following  day from her injuries.

Police retrieve the newborn baby girl which was found buried alive in an Indian forest in a suspected case of female foeticideHorror find: Police retrieve the newborn baby girl who  was found buried alive in an Indian forest in a suspected case of female  foeticide
The baby girl, who was just one day old, was still alive when she was found half-buried in the forest but died of her injuries two days later in hospitalThe baby girl, who was just one day old, was still alive  when she was found half-buried in the forest, but died of her injuries two days  later in hospital
A policeman carries the baby girl from the forest where she was found. She was taken to a local government hospital where doctors battled to save her lifeA policeman carries the baby girl from the forest where  she was found. She was taken to a local government hospital where doctors  battled to save her life

Police believe the baby was abandoned in yet  another tragic case of the controversial female foeticide and infanticide crisis that is sweeping India.

Officer B Yadav, from Indore Police, said it  is suspected the girl’s family had abandoned her and left her to die.

He said: ‘We believe family or a close  relative had left the baby girl to  die. We are checking hospital records and  recent births and we’re  investigating the case but so far we have no leads.

‘As it stands the apparent motive is female  foeticide and we have registered the case.’

The baby girl was found on June 29th, by  locals Radheshyam Kevat and Jagdish Mangilal, who were working in the  area and  heard the baby’s cries.

Jagdish Mangilal, 32, who works as a  local  tree planter, said: ‘We heard howling and we thought it was some  animal but  then we realised it sounded like a baby so we went to check.

Doctors at a local government hospital tend to the one-day-old baby. Tragically it was too late to save herDoctors at a local government hospital tend to the  one-day-old baby. Tragically it was too late to save her
The infant is put in an incubator at the local government hospital. She died the day after she was brought into hospitalThe infant is put in an incubator at the local  government hospital. She died the day after she was brought into  hospital
Female Foeticide is rife in India, as many families prefer having baby boys to girlsFemale Foeticide is rife in India, as many families want  baby boys to girls

‘We were so shocked to see a baby moving, it  was pretty devastating and we quickly informed the police. It’s amazing the baby  survived as the area is crawling with wild hungry animals.’

Female Foeticide is rife in India, as many  families prefer having baby boys to girls. It’s a nation wide crisis and recent  figures have estimated that there are now 750 females to every 1000 males in the  country.

A UNICEF report in 2006 revealed that 10  million girls were killed – either before they were born or immediately after –  by their parents from 1986 in India.

Last year, the medical journal Lancet stated  that 500,000 girls in India were being lost annually through sex-selective  abortions.

UNWANTED CHILDREN: FEMALE  INFANTICIDE AND FOETICIDE IN INDIA

Female foeticide, the act of aborting a  foetus because it is female, is a major social problem in India where there is a  strong preference for sons over daughters.

A recent study found 500,000 unborn girls  were being aborted every year. A UNICEF  report in 2006 revealed that 10  million girls were killed – either before they  were born or immediately  after – by their parents from 1986 in India.

The practise is most prominent in Gujarat and  the North Indian states, where there are low recorded rates of female children.

Female infanticide, the act of killing unwanted baby girls, is a long-standing cultural problem across the whole of the Indian sub continent  owing to the patriarchal nature of society.

Male children are preferred in the belief  they will bring wealth and prosperity to the family while female children are  often viewed as burdens.

Another factor is the dowry system, where the  family of the bride give a large sum of money or valuable goods to the groom and  his family.

Although the dowry system has been outlawed  it continues to be deeply ingrained in Indian culture.

Families with several daughters can find the  practise of paying a dowry a serious burden.

Female foeticide began in the early 1990s as  a result of the availability in India of ultrasound techniques capable of  determining the sex of an unborn child.

As a result, 80 per cent of Indian districts  have reported a greater ratio of male to female children since 1991.

The practise is believed to have led to an  increase in human trafficking with women being bought and sold as brides in  areas where there are a greater proportion of men.

Read more: DailyMail

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