Upset that his wife had given birth to daughters, a father of newborn twins in the Indian state of Telangana, allegedly tried to kill them on Thursday. Reportedly, the man named Keshavulu, gave the infants milk laced with poison. Today, shocked social media users in India, shared news reports about the incident that happened in Desaipalli village of Mahabubnagar district.
After the wife of the accused, Krishnaveni, gave birth to twin girls on September 1, in a private hospital, a CCTV camera footage surfaced online in which Keshavulu was seen mixing poison in the milk bottles of his two newborn daughters.
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According to news reports, police officials said: “Keshavulu was upset over having twin daughters, and he decided to kill them. He bought some pesticide, and mixed it in their milk. After a few minutes, when the condition of the babies turned critical, they were taken to hospital.”
Reportedly, Krishnaveni and the couple’s relatives grew suspicious, and confronted the man, after which he confessed to having poisoned the babies.
Facebook user Malavika Sreekumar posted: “Don’t know why people like this man are allowed to have children, while loving childless couples are denied the chance to become parents.”
Sharing the news, another Facebook user Baskar Angappan commented: “Abolishing dowry completely is the only solution. Girl children are the golden ones. They should be cherished with love, and they will be the ones who unconditionally love parents back.”
Police have arrested the Keshavulu, and an investigation is under progress.
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Earlier in March, a similar crime was reported in another Indian state, Tamil Nadu where parents killed a one-month-old girl child. Another case of alleged female infanticide was also reported from the same state, where a one-week-old girl child was killed by her parents and buried in their backyard. Across India, there were 721,000 infant deaths in 2018, as per the United Nations’ child mortality estimates. That’s 1,975 infant deaths every day, on average, in 2018.
