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Newborn girl found alive in shallow grave in India | Newborn girl found alive in shallow grave in India |
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A newborn baby girl has been discovered buried alive in northern India, a local police chief has revealed. | |
Abhinandan Singh told reporters the baby was found by a villager who was burying his own daughter, who had died minutes after birth. | |
The baby girl, who had been placed inside an earthen pot about 3ft (90cm) below the ground, was rushed to hospital, where she is recovering. | |
Police have now launched an investigation into the incident. | |
"We are trying to find the parents of the baby and we suspect that this must have happened with their consent," Mr Singh told reporters in the state of Uttar Pradesh. | |
According to the police chief, the villager found the girl by accident as he dug a grave in a burial ground for his own daughter. | |
"As they were digging a grave for her, at a depth of three feet, the spade hit an earthen pot, which was pulled out. There was a baby lying in it," Mr Singh explained. | |
"The police took the baby to the city hospital where she is getting treatment." | |
India's gender ratio is one of the worst in the world. Women are often discriminated against socially and girls are seen as a financial burden, particularly among poor communities. | India's gender ratio is one of the worst in the world. Women are often discriminated against socially and girls are seen as a financial burden, particularly among poor communities. |
Campaigners say a traditional preference for sons has meant millions of female children lost to foeticide and infanticide over the years. | Campaigners say a traditional preference for sons has meant millions of female children lost to foeticide and infanticide over the years. |
Although most unwanted female foetuses are aborted with help from illegal sex determination clinics, cases of baby girls being killed after birth are not uncommon either. | Although most unwanted female foetuses are aborted with help from illegal sex determination clinics, cases of baby girls being killed after birth are not uncommon either. |
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