In a gruesome act, a mother in Bihar tried to stop her son from crying by applying glue on his lips. The incident happed in Saran district's Chhapra. It seems the child had been crying for a long a time and the mother couldn't stop him at all. It came to light after the boy's father returned home from work. When he asked his wife Shobha, she said that the child had been crying for a long time.

As she could not stop him from wailing, the woman put gum on his lips, so that the voice his not heard. The man said that on returning home he found his son quiet and froth coming out of his mouth. ANI quoted the child's father as saying, "After some work, when I came back home and found him quiet. The froth was coming out of his mouth. He added saying, "When I asked the wife, Shobha, about him, she told me that he was crying all the time. So, she put glue on his lips so that he does not cry." The child was rushed to a hospital and given medical treatment and is currently out of danger. Texas Mother Sentenced 40 Years Prison for Letting Her Daughters Slowly Die in Car As She Partied.

There have been several such horrendous incidents in the past. In July 2018, a South Dakota woman was sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing her two-year-old son for bedwetting. In July 2018, a South Dakota woman was sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing her two-year-old son for bedwetting. In another shocker, in March 2019, a woman was arrested for plotting her son's murder after he found out about her illicit affair with his friend.

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