West Bengal: Parents kill newborn fearing mockery by family members
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A 47-year-old daily wage laborer and his wife allegedly killed their newborn baby girl in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district over the fear of being taunted by their children and grandchildren, Inspector-in-Charge of Maynaguri police station, Nandakumar Dutta said.
The couple has three daughters, two sons, and several grandchildren.
The couple, residents of Coochbehar district, were sent to three days of police custody.
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Couple strangulated their baby and threw body in pond
The man told the police that he and his wife had come to his cousin's house at Saptibari village, where his wife delivered the baby on Saturday.
The police said that the couple strangulated their baby and threw the body in a pond near their relative's house on Sunday.
Locals informed the panchayat after finding the body of a child floating in the pond.
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Police arrested the couple
After the newborn was identified by their relative, the Gram Panchayat lodged an FIR with the police on the basis of which the man and his 38-year-old wife were arrested on Monday, the police said.