Police in India say a pregnant woman whose belly was allegedly cut open with a sickle by her husband has given birth to a stillborn boy.
The woman’s family has alleged that the man attacked her because he wanted to check the baby’s gender.
They say the couple have five daughters and the man has been putting pressure on his wife to deliver a son.
The man, who has been arrested, has denied intentionally hurting his wife, saying instead that it was an accident.
The incident took place in Badaun district in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state in the north of the country.
Police officials told the BBC that the injured wife was in a stable condition in a hospital in the capital, Delhi, and that her husband had been arrested.
The wife’s sister told local media the couple used to regularly quarrel about having a son.
According to her brother, the woman was taken to Delhi on Sunday on the advice of doctors as her condition was extremely critical.
The husband said he did not attack his wife intentionally. He told local media he threw the sickle at her, but had no idea it would injure her so severely.
“I have five daughters, one of my sons is dead. I know that children are the gift of God. Now whatever is to happen, will happen.”
The police investigation is ongoing.
Source: bbc.com
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