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Wary of fourth girl child, man poisons wife, daughters
Friday April 13, 2012 03:47:00 PM,
IANS
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Durgapur (West Bengal): Afraid of having a fourth girl child, a man Friday
allegedly poisoned his seven-month pregnant wife and three
daughters to death in West Bengal's Burdwan district. Enraged
locals beat him up so badly that he later died, police said.
"Barkat Ali, 45, killed his wife and three daughters by poisoning.
He was beaten up badly by locals and later died in a hospital. The
bodies have been sent for post- mortem," a police officer said.
The incident took place in Jemuya village near Durgapur in Burdwan
district, some 170 km from state capital Kolkata.
Locals alleged he often quarrelled with his wife and beat her up
for having given birth to three daughters.
"He would often beat his wife for bearing him three girls and of
late had threatened her with dire consequences if he gave birth to
a fourth one," said a neighbour.
"We were woken up by the sounds of Ali's coughing and wailing and
found that his wife and daughters were lying lifeless on the
floor. Ali too had taken some poison but not enough to kill
himself," said a neighbour.
Later the villagers gathered and severely thrashed Ali. Badly
injured, he was admitted to a nearby hospital where he succumbed,
police said.
The incident comes barely two days after a three-month-old girl in
Bangalore succumbed to severe injuries inflicted on her by her
father who wanted a male child.
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