Posted by REV. ANDRE G. DENIS D.D.
June 14, 2012 -
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REV. ANDRE G. DENIS D.D.
Indian father kills baby 'for being a girl',. Three-month-old Afreen died in the hospital. Authorities say the baby was admitted to the hospital with bite marks, cigarette burns and a dislocated neck. Police say she was killed by her father. Reshma Banu said, "After my delivery my husband had come to see me and the baby. He said, 'It is a girl, why did you give birth to ...a girl?'" Banu says her husband gave an ultimatum. "For her wedding we will require a hundred thousand rupees (about US$1,800 dollars) for all the expense. If you can get that amount from your mother, then keep her, but if you can't, then kill her ,. Three months later, her baby is dead, and her husband under arrest accused of beating the baby to death. Nineteen-year-old Reshma Banu sits on the stairs outside her parents' home, staring at the tiny screen on her cell phone.The video on the screen has her mesmerized: a very short home video of her baby girl, Afreen.The moments captured are precious because they show Banu's only child alive and well again.
