India News | Man Held for Forcing Wife to Abort Female Foetus at Home
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A 24-year-old woman died during a procedure to abort a female foetus at her home in Pune district, leading to the arrest of her husband and his father, an official said on Tuesday.
Pune, Sept 24 (PTI) A 24-year-old woman died during a procedure to abort a female foetus at her home in Pune district, leading to the arrest of her husband and his father, an official said on Tuesday.
According to the police, the four-month-old foetus was buried on the farm in a village in Indapur tehsil on Monday.
"The deceased woman got married to the accused in 2017. She gave birth to a girl. In 2021, the woman delivered a son," said a police officer from Indapur police station.
He added that the woman got pregnant a third time. Her family members came to know that the foetus was female, following which the husband and his parents summoned a doctor at home and forced the woman to undergo abortion. She was four months pregnant, the officer said.
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