Poverty and ignorance about medical facilities has made this mother to kill her infant baby girl. Poverty is the main reason for everything. The incident took place in Mansarovar locality, a 22 year old woman allegedly thrown her infant baby girl in a well in the outskirts of the Mansarovar locality as she was unable to pay medical bills. The act resulted in the death of the infant. The police filed a case against the woman and are waiting for the post mortem report to decide if it was a murder.

Rajesh (24), has informed the police that his missing infant daughter was found dead in the outskirts of the village. According to sources, the infant was a premature baby born in seven-and-a-half-months and weighed just 2 kg. Mother throws her infant girl in well “Preliminary investigations suggested that the infant had a kidney ailment since birth. The parents had taken her to various doctors in private nursing homes and had spent more than Rs 20,000 in the past two months since she was born,” said a senior police officer at Mansarovar police station.

Women throws baby in well due to poverty:

Police also stated that Rajesh is a daily labourer who earns Rs 200 to Rs 300 per day which is not at all sufficient for the livelihood of the family. They also revealed that “The circumstances guided us to suspect the infant’s mother Seema. When she was questioned, she told us that the family had not been able to even feed themselves and the infant properly due to the medical expenses. Frustrated by the situation, the woman threw her into the well late on Tuesday night,” said Bala Ram, station house officer, Mansarovar police station.

Unable to pay medical bills The police asked the parents of the infant baby, does they have any idea of availing free madical facilities in government hospital. A senior officer said, “They told us that they had no idea that medical facilities for infants at government hospitals like J K Lon hospital are free. Whatever are the circumstances, the woman would be treated as per law and a case would be registered against her for murder after the post mortem report.” “We have checked the records of the nursing home which showed that the girl was terminally ill. Ignorance towards medical facilities in government hospitals and extreme poverty led her to take this step. Despite all that, she has to be booked under section 302(murder) of IPC,” said an officer.